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<blockquote data-quote="michaelwalkerbr" data-source="post: 129511619" data-attributes="member: 1601483">Allow me to interject from a layman's point of view. This may sound insensitive, but WVU has two 'cash cows' in very close proximity that both inherently require expansion for whatever reasons. The chances of the new and remodeled football facilities being torn down are very slim. There were bonds issued to accomplish a great deal of this construction giving it hands off status until those debts are retired.The current construction projects will not even be finished until 2017 and by then someone in power is going to notice the press box is way outdated and needs replaced. I'm not saying the needs of a hospital do not trump the wants of a football stadium. But let's travel South to Charleston and observe the resolution of a similar dilemma. Charleston Area Medical Center continues to expand into a virtual medical Disneyworld, especially the Memorial Division in Kanawha City.However, there are neighborhoods on both sides and behind the hospital that are politically untouchable. That's just the way it is. So the hospital has added wings and built upward. They have also constructed substantial facilities in nearby areas. I expect the stadium to remain intact and the hospital to expand, just not towards the stadium. It is the surrounding businesses and homeowners that should be nervous. JMHO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelwalkerbr, post: 129511619, member: 1601483"] Allow me to interject from a layman's point of view. This may sound insensitive, but WVU has two 'cash cows' in very close proximity that both inherently require expansion for whatever reasons. The chances of the new and remodeled football facilities being torn down are very slim. There were bonds issued to accomplish a great deal of this construction giving it hands off status until those debts are retired. The current construction projects will not even be finished until 2017 and by then someone in power is going to notice the press box is way outdated and needs replaced. I'm not saying the needs of a hospital do not trump the wants of a football stadium. But let's travel South to Charleston and observe the resolution of a similar dilemma. Charleston Area Medical Center continues to expand into a virtual medical Disneyworld, especially the Memorial Division in Kanawha City. However, there are neighborhoods on both sides and behind the hospital that are politically untouchable. That's just the way it is. So the hospital has added wings and built upward. They have also constructed substantial facilities in nearby areas. I expect the stadium to remain intact and the hospital to expand, just not towards the stadium. It is the surrounding businesses and homeowners that should be nervous. JMHO. [/QUOTE]

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