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Subject: Re: Potential Ivy League Basketball Tournament Venue

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Date Posted: 18:42:40 12/11/25 Thu
In reply to: Son of Eli 's message, "Potential Ivy League Basketball Tournament Venue" on 17:00:51 12/10/25 Wed

Back to the topic of the best venue for the Ivy tournament (after completing the cycle at Ithaca and Hanover): New York is the logical location. Barclays would be great if it is available. Joe Tsai is a loyal Yale alum so worth a discussion. I have no idea about the cost but even without a gate, it would be a trivial cost spread among the Ancient Eight. And in New York, you would draw a decent crowd and get media attention. Better to stick with the rotation among the campuses than going to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Date Posted: 21:08:27 12/11/25 Thu

If Joe Tsai even *OWNS* the Barclays Center (he might be a tenant) and he is willing to give it to us free and it is available during the heart of the NBA season and it has not been rented by the ACC or the Atlantic 10, then I think that the Barclays Center is in play.

But it must be absolutely free. I don't think folks here have a sense of how $220 million or $370 million blows a hole in university budgets. What's the old adage? "A quarter billion here, a quarter billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money."

Another old adage is, "The alumni only care about a winning football team, the faculty only cares about parking and the students only care about sex."

If we hold Ivy Madness at the Barclays Center, then all three of the alumni, faculty and students will care about parking. Driving to the Barclays is no picnic and, once you get there, you might as well just empty out your pockets. You're gonna get robbed. By parking lots.

Meanwhile, Stabler Arena has unlimited free parking and is 60 miles from NYC and 75 miles from Philly. For everybody north of Princeton, it's more convenient than Jadwin or the Palestra. If you want to make a weekend of it, hotels are cheap and plentiful. The alumni clubs could rent a conference room at the Bethlehem Marriott for a lot less than at the Brooklyn Marriott.

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