[Husker] Osborne: Haymarket Arena Starting to Make Sense

[Mike Nolan]

> "Second, the locations which have been discussed are
> closer to the campus center than the Devaney Sports
> Center.  Yes, it will be off campus, but for 
> practical purposes so is the Devaney Sports Center."
> 
> I think, if I remember right about a story done while
> I was in college by the Daily Nebraskan, the Devaney
> Center is technically off-campus. I know everyone
> thinks of it as on campus, but I think the railroad
> tracks may be some sort of a dividing line.

Yes, the Devaney Center is on the grounds of State Fair Park, which is
administered separately from the UNL campus.

If the University and the Mayor have their way, that will change and State
Fair Park will become part of the UNL campus (mostly for some sort of research
park, I guess), but in a classic example of the law of unintended 
consequences, it is looking increasingly like if the State Fair moves, 
it may move to Grand Island as opposed to some other area in or near Lincoln.

The economic impact that would have on Lincoln over the years has to be huge!
I can only hope that whatever grand scheme they have in mind for State Fair 
Park can offset that.
--
Mike Nolan