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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 29, 2021 17:18:31 GMT -5
How would we fill vacancies in a hotel for any other week beside GHOE? We would have to redevelop the entire eastside before non-Aggies would want to stay there.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Sept 29, 2021 17:40:29 GMT -5
To heck with a hotel, we need more dorms and academic classrooms. It's a great image to have our own hotel but we need to stay focus on our core purpose...teaching students from our community.
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Sept 29, 2021 18:04:00 GMT -5
How would we fill vacancies in a hotel for any other week beside GHOE? We would have to redevelop the entire eastside before non-Aggies would want to stay there. First, We would have to build as close to downtown as possible while still convenient to campus to capitalize on proximity to downtown and the tanger center. Second, align the hotel with a major chain such as Marriott, Hilton, IHG, or Hyatt to tap into their reservations networks to capture transient travelers not affiliated with A&T. (UNC Charlotte and Alabama A&Ms future hotel are/will be Marriott branded hotels) Third, while we own the hotel, we hire a management company to run the day to day operations. Their sales team will go out to secure groups (sports, small convention/meeting, weddings, touring groups, etc.) foster relationships with area companies to secure business travel Fourth, there is a mandate that all a&t related travel is housed at the hotel (BOT, University visitors, meetings, conferences, visiting professors, etc). NC State, has this mandate/understanding with its university departments with their hotel and I'm sure other schools do too. That's all I got off the top of my head right now...
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Sept 29, 2021 18:06:32 GMT -5
🗣️ "I STILL WANT MY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER!" 😂 😭🤞🏿 We could pull it off if we had a Hospitality and Event Management major, but we don't. UNCG does within their School of Business. I feel that the UNC system will screw us over and deny us creating a program as there are a slew of them across the 16 universities including G and central
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 29, 2021 19:13:08 GMT -5
of course, any new hotel should be based on "demand" that's confirmed by a "market study". this i learned at a&t when i took one single business class as an "elective" course because i was interested in perhaps starting my own business in the future. a very high percentage of startup businesses "fail" because their startup business wasn't based on "demand" that's proven by a "market study".
so if a&t were to build a hotel complex, it shouldn't be built because of somebody's "dream". a "market study" should be done to prove that another hotel in greensboro would very likely be "profitable". otherwise, you don't invest the tons of money necessary to build a new hotel complex without "proof" that there is enough demand (or will be enough demand) for the facility to be "profitable"...
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Sept 29, 2021 19:51:52 GMT -5
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Post by SixtiesAggie on Sept 29, 2021 23:23:49 GMT -5
🗣️ "I STILL WANT MY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER!" 😂 😭🤞🏿 We could pull it off if we had a Hospitality and Event Management major, but we don't. UNCG does within their School of Business. So does App. State, but they have to send their students down the mountain to cities with big hotels for their internship. Howard had a hotel and also had or possibly still have a hotel management program. However, they could not maintain an empty hotel. It was too expensive.
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Post by ulirikan on Nov 3, 2021 15:17:23 GMT -5
I'm wondering what they will do or did with it. I couldn't find any article related to this purchase. The land is pretty big. My suggestion would be to build more houses for the people who can't afford these new astronomical prices. But I'm sure they won't do anything that's not profitable enough for them, lol. I was just speaking with a friend that works at www.playarealestategroup.com/Tulum_Real_Estate_Listings/page_2515901.html, and he was telling me that when a real estate agency purchases a land this big, it's either something shady, or they have a massive plan... We'll see.
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Post by lobengula on Nov 4, 2021 19:47:53 GMT -5
There is zero chance the grass would have looked the way it did on Saturday if not for this thread on this website. This was not a natural occurrence. Just like I am the sole reason why there is a vaccine mandate at Truist Stadium this season. The things we discuss on BDV have influence. When I tell you that every power broker at A&T reads this website, I hope you guys are understanding me now. Really? well how about the power brokers think in terms of relevance per indoor track facility including indoor football band pratice areas. Matter of fact a convention center woud be nice across 29. since my views are held in low esteem this is for the sake of again relevance and a new focus on direction such as dorm rooms rather than a rock climbing virtual reality facility.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2021 20:05:48 GMT -5
There is zero chance the grass would have looked the way it did on Saturday if not for this thread on this website. This was not a natural occurrence. Just like I am the sole reason why there is a vaccine mandate at Truist Stadium this season. The things we discuss on BDV have influence. When I tell you that every power broker at A&T reads this website, I hope you guys are understanding me now. Really? well how about the power brokers think in terms of relevance per indoor track facility including indoor football band pratice areas. Matter of fact a convention center woud be nice across 29. since my views are held in low esteem this is for the sake of again relevance and a new focus on direction such as dorm rooms rather than a rock climbing virtual reality facility. To be fair, we are building dorms and are involved in a mixed-used development with the House of Prayer.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 7, 2021 7:58:47 GMT -5
Really? well how about the power brokers think in terms of relevance per indoor track facility including indoor football band pratice areas. Matter of fact a convention center woud be nice across 29. Why would we build a new convention center in east Greensboro when you already have the Alumni Event Center on campus and Korey Convention Center on Gate City Boulevard. There is not a demand for that kind of meeting space.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Nov 7, 2021 8:14:16 GMT -5
In this competitive college environment, students come first... their academic and creature comforts. And we're in a virtual "creature comforts" race with every PWI on the east cost. Dorms, student activities centers and other facilities to entice students to come and stay on our campus. UNC G is making it a very competitive environment but so far we are doing well.
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Post by lobengula on Nov 8, 2021 9:25:58 GMT -5
Really? well how about the power brokers think in terms of relevance per indoor track facility including indoor football band pratice areas. Matter of fact a convention center woud be nice across 29. Why would we build a new convention center in east Greensboro when you already have the Alumni Event Center on campus and Korey Convention Center on Gate City Boulevard. There is not a demand for that kind of meeting space. Fundamentally it would enhance economic development in the area. With the hassles from Korey center we should think in terms of our own facility. In addition such center would create a greater atmosphere. the idea of folk in the city and surrounding areas csn not get a reservation is another reason for our own center. Being that we are in a global economy such a center would be like the idea of the Center for Creative Leadership to hold conferences to grapple with continuing socio-economic issues such as gentrification. This would be a win win situation.
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Post by lobengula on Nov 8, 2021 9:27:39 GMT -5
Really? well how about the power brokers think in terms of relevance per indoor track facility including indoor football band pratice areas. Matter of fact a convention center woud be nice across 29. since my views are held in low esteem this is for the sake of again relevance and a new focus on direction such as dorm rooms rather than a rock climbing virtual reality facility. To be fair, we are building dorms and are involved in a mixed-used development with the House of Prayer. You know many of you need Prayer from the House of Prayer continuously.
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Post by lobengula on Nov 9, 2021 11:53:11 GMT -5
In this competitive college environment, students come first... their academic and creature comforts. And we're in a virtual "creature comforts" race with every PWI on the east cost. Dorms, student activities centers and other facilities to entice students to come and stay on our campus. UNC G is making it a very competitive environment but so far we are doing well. Indeed students do come first which is why I continue to argue that on campus housing should be priority ONE. The area for the proposed new student rec center would be perfect for on campus housing. there is a stream in the area which could be reconfigured with concrete or steel drainage fill with soil gravel etc to construct a multi story dorm or dorms. I think too many are on another agenda which is not in tune with reality. Each school year there are reports of the lack of suitable student housing why we cannot think big and inclusive for our community. The real estate across 29 should be avaiable for hotel for startees as well as mutipurpose student commuinty housing medical facilities etc. We can will this into being if many had an injection of not afraid to imagine the possible impossible. The money is there all that is needed is a boldness to make it happen.
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