Thanks for the pictures and sharing that tweet, BluffHunter.  The Cooper Fieldhouse is looking great.  Wish I was sitting next to Bernie at the first game there.

I think the pictures are beautiful but its going to be even  better when fans experience the place.The concessions will be great,wider hallways,better access and those scoreboards are something else.Very
pleased so far.Looks like the Duquesne image and this fieldhouse move us up the ladder in the A10.
 I hope COACH stays on for awhile as he has proven you can win at Duquesne and with the Cooper Fieldhouse to aid in recruiting,the Duquesne job will be considered a attractive oppurtunity for a lot
of good coaches .Duquesne is not a career ender coaching job anymore in my mind .

That's what we've been waiting for! I can't wait to actually be there, but the great pictures kind of make it feel like I am already. It looks awesome! The Palumbo Center was over a decade old before I saw it for the first time, so I don't know what the reputation was at opening. Seeing these pictures I have to say finally the Dukes have a legit D1 facility. In fact it looks like it will be one of the finest in the country of its size. Now we need to make sure to pack it for every game (once we are allowed to that is). I'd like to play a couple games every year at PPG, but 4,500 is small enough that it should be full every game. We need to show appreciation and return on the investment for the administration finally committing to the program.

I’m going to guess 4200 with plenty of that number being designated to “standing room only.”  I’m okay with it though.  It looks like a great place for most of our games and as has been mentioned before, we have PPG on campus for P5 schools.  I don’t think we should play any A10 games at PPG (even Dayton) because I want a true home court advantage.

The posts on FB with many photos from inside the Coop.   My oh my!    Its LIT!    Modern, fresh, huge video screens, red, blue and white.   Court looks awesome too.   A++

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Awesome!!  Thanks for posting CLK!!!

He probably works for one of the Companies involved in the project.  Remember Dayton has an Engineering Program and lots of Pittsburgh area alums.  

He probably works for one of the Companies involved in the project.  Remember Dayton has an Engineering Program and lots of Pittsburgh area alums.  And we have the former Assistant A.D. from Dayton who is now our A.D!

A83 wrote:

grammudder wrote:

He probably works for one of the Companies involved in the project.  Remember Dayton has an Engineering Program and lots of Pittsburgh area alums.  And we have the former Assistant A.D. from Dayton who is now our A.D!

Probably. My only point is that it stole the thunder from the Athletic Department. I’m sure they probably wanted to share the first pictures. I’m sure with all their hard work in the project they should be the ones to release the photos on their time frame. Outside photos are obviously different.

Which is probably why the original tweet is marked as deleted now. Just because I’m an employee on a project doesn’t give me the right to release details of the project.

Agreed. I was pretty stunned to see that he was the one who dropped the pictures from in the arena. I have no idea how he could have gotten them though that is a good theory.

IDK if its even possible, or allowed, but DU should invite those who have received their 2nd vaccine dose to the game, mostly health care workers.   Try to get a real feel in there, even if its 500 people, whenever it might open for the first game.  It would also be a nice gesture, and look good on DU to a national, and local, tv audience(if it indeed is the Dayton game).

townsonkid wrote:

IDK if its even possible, or allowed, but DU should invite those who have received their 2nd vaccine dose to the game, mostly health care workers.   Try to get a real feel in there, even if its 500 people, whenever it might open for the first game.  It would also be a nice gesture, and look good on DU to a national, and local, tv audience(if it indeed is the Dayton game).

We've got a very good nursing program. I don't know how many of them are basketball fans, but there are plenty of alums who could be included. If it would be allowed under the governor's very tight restrictions (not that I'm disagreeing with them) it would be a great idea. 500 casual fans are better than no fans at all. If we can sell one of the university's best programs on national TV even better.