Nancy Hicks: Taxpayer says 'N' on arena gives wrong impression

[jimmykc]

Lincoln voted and paid for it so a big L should be on the structure. And only people from Lincoln should be allowed inside. And our basketball team should only have kids from Lincoln playing on it.We wouldn't want to offend anyone by putting a letter on the building, so let's just use that old symbol that Prince used for awhile since he seems to have dropped it.

[Nebrasketballer]

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Count me in the camp that says there shouldn't be an N on the Arena.  Yes the University had a big part in the arena happening, but it's not owned by the University, so it shouldn't be up there.  <<

 

Pinnacle Bank doesn't "own" the arena either - why is their name up there?   Because they contributed toward making the arena happening by paying for the naming rights.  

 

The financial contributioni toward the arena made by Pinnacle Bank pales in comparison to the contribution made by the University to this project.   To argue otherwise is ludicrous.   If UNL wants to put an "N" on the arena as part of their contribution to making this happen the citizens of Lincoln should be grateful that is all they want.

 

I could care less if Creighton wanted to negotiate to put a bluejay on the Qwest/Clink arena.  I could argue that might be appropriate as well.  But Creighton's presence in that arena is about 1/10 as important to the city as UNL's presence in PBA.

Plus, Creighton basketball isn't the only D1 team that is a permanent tenant at Century Link.  UNO hockey is there as well.

[HuskerBB]

 

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Count me in the camp that says there shouldn't be an N on the Arena.  Yes the University had a big part in the arena happening, but it's not owned by the University, so it shouldn't be up there.  <<

 

Pinnacle Bank doesn't "own" the arena either - why is their name up there?   Because they contributed toward making the arena happening by paying for the naming rights.  

 

The financial contributioni toward the arena made by Pinnacle Bank pales in comparison to the contribution made by the University to this project.   To argue otherwise is ludicrous.   If UNL wants to put an "N" on the arena as part of their contribution to making this happen the citizens of Lincoln should be grateful that is all they want.

 

I could care less if Creighton wanted to negotiate to put a bluejay on the Qwest/Clink arena.  I could argue that might be appropriate as well.  But Creighton's presence in that arena is about 1/10 as important to the city as UNL's presence in PBA.

 

I see your point.  As someone who has lived in Lincoln for awhile it's not about the arena for me.  It's about seeing what UNL can do in this town.  They own Lincoln.  It's really that simple.  I don't deny that they help more than hurt, but there comes a time where I just want the city of Lincoln to accomplish something that isn't *driven* by the University. 

 

I think the arena is something to be proud of regardless of a "N" on the side or not.

 

 

There are things going on in Lincoln that are positive that do not depend on the University.  But there is simply no denying that the University has a huge positive economic impact for Lincoln - particulalry the downtown area.   Lincoln is a great city - but there is no way you could justify an arena of this size or quality without UNL basketball being involved and none of the major projects that are going on around the arena now would be happening without the involvement of UNL athletics in the area.   Lincolnites should not be ashamed of reliance on the University - they should be both proud and grateful that the city and the university are able to work together to get these things done.

[hhcmatt]

Do people think that Louisville paid for the KFC Yum Center?  Look at that Cardinal on there!!!!!

 

 

The solution of not including the Red N on the PBA because it implies that the University entirely funded the new arena is quite narrow minded.  Put up a City of Lincoln Logo or whatever that is BIGGER.

 

[tcp]

Someone's a Wesleyan grad....

[hhcmatt]

[Silverbacked1]

But an N on it that only lights up when the Huskers are using it at that time. (In any sport or activity.)

 

You know kind of "we'll leave the light on for ya" kind of thing.

[Norm Peterson]

Actually, the N is there for all the Nowledge that needed to be assembled in order to put this thing together.

[Nighthawk]

I thought the N stood for Norm? Guess I was wrong on that one.

[Noah121]

I agree with "dskurz" that this is a non-issue.  At least for me, I never take any implications from insignia or lack thereof, and am shocked at how many people are building this molehill into a mountain.

 

And Dimes, how come you had a blank post on June 20 in this thread?  Or is it my script blocker?

 

EDIT: Yep, that's it.

[hhcmatt]

I agree with "dskurz" that this is a non-issue.  At least for me, I never take any implications from insignia or lack thereof, and am shocked at how many people are building this molehill into a mountain.

 

And Dimes, how come you had a blank post on June 20 in this thread?  Or is it my script blocker?

 

EDIT: Yep, that's it.

 

Essentially it will be blocking all those tweets that people post