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I’ve got a bad feeling about this. These text are extremely political. IMO, that alone is what will raise the red flag. Board members are suppose to be unbiased, but likely because of the governor, politics played a GREATER part (because let’s be honest, even without him, it still would have been political) in the decision than if he weren’t involved.
Also board too big so only replace half who resign with half as many
Sadly I that's going to rely on the bill currently being considered by the legislature and I imagine it would take effect in several years as an abrupt change to the composition of the board wouldn't make much sense, even if it's clearly needed.
Also there's no way some of these bubbas resign. It's clear in their communications that they're beyond the pale of normal sensibility.
I understand an appointment to the Board is a lifetime appointment. Am I wrong?
No, they have elections every 6 years I believe. That said, it's basically a lifetime appointment as the legislature doesn't seem to judge performance when considering whether to renew their appointment.
Speaking of USC.... I wonder if the state of SC will eventually sell the State Fairgrounds? If I were a developer I would push for it to be publicly sold, acquire it and build a combination of retail, bar/restaurant and housing on the site... With the push to close bars in Five Points in full swing.. .Some may opt to relocate over to this new complex where visitors/guest can be carded. If under 18 can get in but must have a wrist band and be 21 to drink. Places like the Power and Light District in Kansas City, Power Plant Live in Baltimore (both done by the same developer) are examples of controlled entertainment districts.. They can incorporate a stage hold concerts and be the ultimate game day experience in the SEC not to mention during non SEC functions...It wont compete with the Vista or BullStreet since it would be catering to younger adults.. be much safer than Five Points, plenty of parking, Uber, Transit etc to transport students to/from campus.. and atleast some collective effort to control under age drinking.. Five Points will become an extension of Shandon and Rosewood elite and can enjoy nice quite boutiques and restaurants as opposed to bars.. win win for everyone..
As far as a new location of the State Fairgrounds.. the State can put it on property it already owns in between North Main, Farrow Road, Pisgah Church Rd and Beckmam Rds....Perfect access to I-20 and I-77. If the entrance is off of North Main.. its already an underutilized four lane road with connection to I-20 and could help revitalize the commercial district in that stretch north of I-20
Speaking of USC.... I wonder if the state of SC will eventually sell the State Fairgrounds? If I were a developer I would push for it to be publicly sold, acquire it and build a combination of retail, bar/restaurant and housing on the site... With the push to close bars in Five Points in full swing.. .Some may opt to relocate over to this new complex where visitors/guest can be carded. If under 18 can get in but must have a wrist band and be 21 to drink. Places like the Power and Light District in Kansas City, Power Plant Live in Baltimore (both done by the same developer) are examples of controlled entertainment districts.. They can incorporate a stage hold concerts and be the ultimate game day experience in the SEC not to mention during non SEC functions...It wont compete with the Vista or BullStreet since it would be catering to younger adults.. be much safer than Five Points, plenty of parking, Uber, Transit etc to transport students to/from campus.. and atleast some collective effort to control under age drinking.. Five Points will become an extension of Shandon and Rosewood elite and can enjoy nice quite boutiques and restaurants as opposed to bars.. win win for everyone..
As far as a new location of the State Fairgrounds.. the State can put it on property it already owns in between North Main, Farrow Road, Pisgah Church Rd and Beckmam Rds....Perfect access to I-20 and I-77. If the entrance is off of North Main.. its already an underutilized four lane road with connection to I-20 and could help revitalize the commercial district in that stretch north of I-20
Speaking of USC.... I wonder if the state of SC will eventually sell the State Fairgrounds? If I were a developer I would push for it to be publicly sold, acquire it and build a combination of retail, bar/restaurant and housing on the site... With the push to close bars in Five Points in full swing.. .Some may opt to relocate over to this new complex where visitors/guest can be carded. If under 18 can get in but must have a wrist band and be 21 to drink. Places like the Power and Light District in Kansas City, Power Plant Live in Baltimore (both done by the same developer) are examples of controlled entertainment districts.. They can incorporate a stage hold concerts and be the ultimate game day experience in the SEC not to mention during non SEC functions...It wont compete with the Vista or BullStreet since it would be catering to younger adults.. be much safer than Five Points, plenty of parking, Uber, Transit etc to transport students to/from campus.. and atleast some collective effort to control under age drinking.. Five Points will become an extension of Shandon and Rosewood elite and can enjoy nice quite boutiques and restaurants as opposed to bars.. win win for everyone..
As far as a new location of the State Fairgrounds.. the State can put it on property it already owns in between North Main, Farrow Road, Pisgah Church Rd and Beckmam Rds....Perfect access to I-20 and I-77. If the entrance is off of North Main.. its already an underutilized four lane road with connection to I-20 and could help revitalize the commercial district in that stretch north of I-20
I like your idea. While it's practical and convenient to have the fairgrounds there for game parking (I'm not crazy about the fair at all; they could move it to Clemson for all I care since it'd seem to be a better fit as a past time), I think it'd be neat if they left the grassy, landscaped area directly across the street from the stadium for parking and built up the area beyond that (the paved part) for anything privately owned.
I like the fact that our stadium is "in" or at least close to the city. I think adding an additional urban vibe with restaurants and the such right next to the stadium would be cool and make it feel closely tied with the label of USC being a university in a medium sized city. Maybe model it similar to the Pearl in San Antonio, but obviously not as large. The Pearl kind of has a rustic industrial vibe (historically site of railroads) but is also higher end as well.
If there was a plan to build up the farmers market in such a way, I wouldn't want anything built that would obscure the skyline from inside of the stadium. But then again, I think they'd have to build something pretty tall for that to happen.
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