Should we add Texas State to the AAC?

[HouCat]

3 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

@HouCat, question about Bobcat Ballpark.  Can you provide some details on the facility?  Seating capacity? Age/when built? Cost? How much are single game and season tickets?  Do you all sell a lot of season tickets?  Add anything else you think would be relevant.  Many on here think baseball is a revenue drain, but I would love to see some actual numbers.  Thanks in advance for any information  you can provide.

Actually found some information here:

https://txst.com/facilities/bobcat-ballpark/5

Really nice looking facility outside of the brown turf/fake dirt.

Great questions, unfortunately I haven’t  been to a baseball game in years so I’m not much help. I live 3 hours away and football is about the only thing I make it back for but I know we’ve done some nice renovations. 

Edit: it looks like ya’ll found some links online

[NT80]

2 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I'd much rather a $10 million baseball complex than a new $50 million basketball arena that likely won't boost attendance. At least with baseball we can duplicate basketball attendance numbers in the spring and put eyes on the school year round. DBU plays LSU at the College Baseball Series in February at Globe Life Field in Arlington. OU, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Texas, and a plethora of big brands will be competing in the same series. Another school competing? Texas State. Would be nice to be lumped in with those schools in a revenue sport.

Exactly.   More fans on campus year-round should be the goal.

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

I thought more people would be on board with regional ties, since the P4 are destroying the future of non-P4 as we know it.

Apparently, more people are not on board.   I'm rethinking this.

Here's someone else's take:
 

 

Still a no for me. Would be a step backwards.

Looking at the corresponding moves, Temple isn't going FCS any time soon. They spend 1.5 to 2 times what we do on football salaries.  Glad he put Charlotte in the Sun Belt twice, though. Probably the only move I agree with.

[Matt from A700]

TXST in the same conference would be fun, but there are a lot of great moves to make... many of the current teams in our conference need to be kicked out first to avoid cheapening the media payout.

[NTWL20]

5 hours ago, greenminer said:

I thought more people would be on board with regional ties, since the P4 are destroying the future of non-P4 as we know it.

Apparently, more people are not on board.   I'm rethinking this.

Here's someone else's take:
 

 

These conference wishlists are fun to discuss but in no world should UNT share a conference with Tarleton State and SHSU in 2025 lol

I’d love being in the PAC as long as some other AAC members follow as a package. That conference wouldn’t be as friendly regionally but there would definitely be more opportunities for national recognition in the PAC especially in basketball.