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Post by Bornthrilla on Jan 25, 2020 9:06:42 GMT -5
What if we set up a hotel and restaurant management curriculum on campus?
Could we get state funds to offset the cost of the hotel if it were used for academic purposes?
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Post by DOOMS on Jan 25, 2020 10:00:31 GMT -5
I'm sure we could, but as far as needed curricula hotel and restaurant management are probably way down on any list anybody would devise.
My list would have medical school at the very top, followed by the athletic field turf major I've described in other threads. Now if we could get a long-overdue but probably never proposed medical school going, I could see building a hotel right after getting the med school going.
There are a number of schools with on-campus hotels that are (and aren't) working out to varying degrees. Most of the successful ones are huge schools with huge alumni populations and/or endowments.
One of my cousins attended Swarthmore College outside Philly. He told me they opened an on-campus hotel a few years back and he stayed there once when he went back to visit. From what I remember him telling me some alumni who come for overnight sporting events would stay there from time to time as well. Sounds good until you acknowledge the fact that Swarthmore had a two BILLION dollar endowment and can afford to take a loss here or there on operating the hotel. My cousin thought overall it was a dumb idea for Swarthmore, but take that with a grain of salt because he's a genius and he's also extremely opinionated.
To be honest, UNCG will probably find a way to do it at some point. The only reason I could see doing it would be to beat them to the punch.
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Post by lobengula on Jan 25, 2020 15:00:51 GMT -5
I'm sure we could, but as far as needed curricula hotel and restaurant management are probably way down on any list anybody would devise. My list would have medical school at the very top, followed by the athletic field turf major I've described in other threads. Now if we could get a long-overdue but probably never proposed medical school going, I could see building a hotel right after getting the med school going. There are a number of schools with on-campus hotels that are (and aren't) working out to varying degrees. Most of the successful ones are huge schools with huge alumni populations and/or endowments. One of my cousins attended Swarthmore College outside Philly. He told me they opened an on-campus hotel a few years back and he stayed there once when he went back to visit. From what I remember him telling me some alumni who come for overnight sporting events would stay there from time to time as well. Sounds good until you acknowledge the fact that Swarthmore had a two BILLION dollar endowment and can afford to take a loss here or there on operating the hotel. My cousin thought overall it was a dumb idea for Swarthmore, but take that with a grain of salt because he's a genius and he's also extremely opinionated. To be honest, UNCG will probably find a way to do it at some point. The only reason I could see doing it would be to beat them to the punch. I hear you but the hotel would be available for the public people travelling 29 like any other hotel. It would be an income generator for the university. Also student housing as well. It is feasible particularly with above mentioned major.
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Post by aggie252 on Jan 25, 2020 17:05:42 GMT -5
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Post by troublemaker on Jan 25, 2020 23:46:09 GMT -5
Obviously Texas A&M is a way bigger school with deeper pockets, but here’s and article on the hotel and conference center they recently opened. www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2018/08/31/new-hotel-opens-at-texas-am-overlooking-kyle-field/ "Aggies serving Aggies" should be our mantra in all things Aggie Pride. A hotel/conference center would be ideal appurtenant to our historic mandate akin to the Urban Affairs Institute of the 70's era on campus. The leadership center further up off 29n would be another component in our mission of making America what she ought to and got to be if we are to survive as a nation. This is an idea whose time is here and now.
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Post by troublemaker on Jan 26, 2020 0:29:32 GMT -5
What if we set up a hotel and restaurant management curriculum on campus? Could we get state funds to offset the cost of the hotel if it were used for academic purposes? Why not? We are long overdue. We have been bamboozled far too long. For example wher e GTCC is it is the result of interfering in the growth of A&T. The School of Industries demise was the linchpin for its growth and current development, in terms of reciprocity we are long overdue. for
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Jan 26, 2020 1:39:26 GMT -5
What if we set up a hotel and restaurant management curriculum on campus? Could we get state funds to offset the cost of the hotel if it were used for academic purposes? I would love a Hospitality Management Program on campus but I see the UNC System responding to our request 1 of 3 ways: 1. NO: NCCU already has a Hospitality & Tourism Program and is an HBCU in close proximity 2. NO: UNCG already has a Hospitality & Tourism Program and is in the same city 3. NO: UNC System already has too many Hospitality & Tourism Programs with NCCU, UNCG, Western Carolina, App State and ECU. We might be able to finesse the General Administration by doing a a joint program with UNCG but...meh!
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Post by AggiePride on Jan 26, 2020 8:22:10 GMT -5
Find a way to capture more of the economic impact of GHOE and channel it back into campus. Think about creative ways to leverage these businesses. Last time I checked the Sheraton’s facebook page they featured every major event they hosted but GHOE and yet we are guaranteed business. Every other event they featured was a one off.
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Post by aggieblackie2 on Jan 26, 2020 9:44:56 GMT -5
I am so tired of the Sheraton. I just wish we could get out of that cesspool that takes our money and then disrespects us.
Greensboro has future hotels planned for the downtown area but that is a few years away. The hotel they just completed may not be set up accommodation wise as the Sheraton. Never been inside but I really don't hear people talking about it as a venue for Homecoming activities.
Tired of the Sheraton pimping us. We got to get wiser.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Jan 26, 2020 10:43:25 GMT -5
What if we set up a hotel and restaurant management curriculum on campus? Could we get state funds to offset the cost of the hotel if it were used for academic purposes? I would love a Hospitality Management Program on campus but I see the UNC System responding to our request 1 of 3 ways: 1. NO: NCCU already has a Hospitality & Tourism Program and is an HBCU in close proximity 2. NO: UNCG already has a Hospitality & Tourism Program and is in the same city 3. NO: UNC System already has too many Hospitality & Tourism Programs with NCCU, UNCG, Western Carolina, App State and ECU. We might be able to finesse the General Administration by doing a a joint program with UNCG but...meh! This is great information. Thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize that all those schools already had similar programs.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Jan 26, 2020 11:17:38 GMT -5
The University has got to figure out a way to generate more revenue over a longer period from the all of the fans that attend GHOE weekend. How about a week of GHOE events... Black film festival, stage performances, Business symposium with noted business owners, Civil Right lecture series....etc.
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Post by lobengula on Jan 26, 2020 22:29:33 GMT -5
The University has got to figure out a way to generate more revenue over a longer period from the all of the fans that attend GHOE weekend. How about a week of GHOE events... Black film festival, stage performances, Business symposium with noted business owners, Civil Right lecture series....etc. Well we need to seriously put a plan together for a hotel including surrounding community for combination of student a residential housing. Matter of fact hotel conference center type with student housing in hotel as well. This conference center would utilise student video production mass communication majors. I believe that if this concept be realised we could think anew of community development in the true sense of renewal of human potential.
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Post by Maxell on Jan 26, 2020 22:44:35 GMT -5
The University has got to figure out a way to generate more revenue over a longer period from the all of the fans that attend GHOE weekend. How about a week of GHOE events... Black film festival, stage performances, Business symposium with noted business owners, Civil Right lecture series....etc. Everything is not about revenue or general cultural enlightenment. Anyway most of the revenue goes to local businesses that are not owned by us (hotels, restaurants, etc). Homecoming is about that...coming home, football, seeing old friends, having a good time. The other stuff, most people can take it or leave it. People are too drunk to do anything intellectual nor do they want to. The closest you get to intellectual is going to a Homecoming Breakfast sponsored by the department you graduated from. Bottom line: Refine it. GHOE is Homecoming. Homecoming is for Aggies and those connected to A&T by fans, family, friends, association or community. Connecting to others is gravy until EVERYONE connected has a GOOD TIME, EVERYTIME. Eight to Eighty. When I say refine it, I mean things like: 1. Find ways to make the parade better and increase our connection to the community even more. 2. Have more planned things on-campus after the game, after the gatherings at the plots. 3. Devise creative uses for the new student union spaces and the event center for the "older crowd" that just want to relax. 4. Keep the game zone, but have a game zone ONLY ticket during Homecoming. Giving us three areas Memorial Stadium,Laurel and Stadium Parking Lot.
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