Latest on the MAAC
This from our news reporter who covers WLB....Carol Gorga Williams
Monmouth University on Tuesday won the dorm case (note to all..this has nothing to do with the MAAC) at the trial court level. The short answer is that means they can build. But wait a minute. The citizens who lost said they would appeal, which I think postpones the actual construction again.
The case was unrelated to the MAAC application.
Now tonight (Thursday), at 7:30 p.m. we have hopefully what will be the first of two meetings that will conclude the presentation of the case for the MAAC. But no vote is expected.
My take..from talking with Carol...the locals opposing the dorm have no chance at winning their appeal vs. the dorm...as the trial court judge slammed them...
There is less reason for opposition to the MAAC than the dorm, with only the traffic issue seeming to matter. After MU presents its traffic expert Thursday Carol feels the vote on the MAAC will be at the November meeting.
I have to feel the WLB zoning board will approve the MAAC and local opposition to it is far less organized than the dorm issue.
Even if a vote favorable to MU is appealed I would think there is no chance of that appeal being upheld ... though it could delay construction unless MU decides to go for it anyway.
I mean we're talking traffic at at 7-9pm in the dead of winter and not miuch more than there is now....please ..my sanity (what's left of it) is being tested.
Marilyn McNeil told me recently from ground breaking to opening the MAAC doors would be about 18 months( with good weather, etc.)...
Sooooo.. if ground breaking is this spring..than I estimate MU would have a shot at playing in the the MAAC at some point, if not the beginning, of the 2008-2009 season. This means, if I am following this correctly, this year's sophs could play in the new arena.
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Monmouth University on Tuesday won the dorm case (note to all..this has nothing to do with the MAAC) at the trial court level. The short answer is that means they can build. But wait a minute. The citizens who lost said they would appeal, which I think postpones the actual construction again.
The case was unrelated to the MAAC application.
Now tonight (Thursday), at 7:30 p.m. we have hopefully what will be the first of two meetings that will conclude the presentation of the case for the MAAC. But no vote is expected.
My take..from talking with Carol...the locals opposing the dorm have no chance at winning their appeal vs. the dorm...as the trial court judge slammed them...
There is less reason for opposition to the MAAC than the dorm, with only the traffic issue seeming to matter. After MU presents its traffic expert Thursday Carol feels the vote on the MAAC will be at the November meeting.
I have to feel the WLB zoning board will approve the MAAC and local opposition to it is far less organized than the dorm issue.
Even if a vote favorable to MU is appealed I would think there is no chance of that appeal being upheld ... though it could delay construction unless MU decides to go for it anyway.
I mean we're talking traffic at at 7-9pm in the dead of winter and not miuch more than there is now....please ..my sanity (what's left of it) is being tested.
Marilyn McNeil told me recently from ground breaking to opening the MAAC doors would be about 18 months( with good weather, etc.)...
Sooooo.. if ground breaking is this spring..than I estimate MU would have a shot at playing in the the MAAC at some point, if not the beginning, of the 2008-2009 season. This means, if I am following this correctly, this year's sophs could play in the new arena.
e-mail tonygsports@aol.com
posted by Tony Graham at 6:35 PM
4 Comments:
tony,
i'm a MU grad from the class of 2002. When i first visited MU in 1997, they gave us the big speach on the MAAC. They told us how we'll probably have the facilities ready use by our junior or senior year.
Lets not talk about the MAAC until we see the construction ourselves.
-rev
I totally understand your feelings...they've been talking about it since around 1994, but we have to report what transpires or may transpire. Lots of people like yourself are interested but, like yourself, are frustrated as heck.
I know you're doing your job tony, and a great job at that. I love having this blog so i can be updated daily on my alma mater's athletic programs.
Thanks Tony!
Trust me. I am as irked as anyone. From my point of view a new arena means a better "work area" but also bigger crowds, and the opportunity for MU to bring higher level teams onto its home floor. Seton Hall is supposed to be one of the first.
Somewhat amzing that Dave got Loyola Marymount to come in this year and had Gonzaga here a few years back.
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