The stadium expansion: is it what you need?

Note: theHoff is a special contributor to Cardinal Laws.

Caught in the fast rising shadows of the new Downtown Arena, the Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Expansion is chugging along. Unless you’ve driven across Central Avenue recently, you might have forgotten about adding tens-of-thousands of seats. The exact number, not sure. The exact cost? -- don’t really care. So I guess this is more of an open discussion than a well researched article. Who is really paying for this (I’m sure season ticket holders are seeing it somewhere)? But more importantly, is it worth it?

The timing was perfect. Approval of the expansion came at a time when Louisville football was at its apex: fast, exciting, hard-nosed football. But then there was the Atlanta Falcons/ Tulsa Hurricane trade that no one saw coming. Following that, my first thought (besides, “better call my U of L friends to stir the pot on this one”) was, “is the expansion really what the program needs?”

As Cardinal fans, do you have confidence that you can fill those seats in 2010?? I know you can, but will you? The Kragthorpe tightrope walk will most likely determine the answer. If he’s gone after this year and Louisville lands a big name in the off-season, then the renewed excitement could sell out the joint. However, that excitement would only come from a BIG name and BIG changes. Guess we will have to wait and see.