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They hold most of their duals in Rec Hall, which holds fewer than 7000. They do the big ones in BJC, which holds over 15,000. I sort of doubt they could sell out BJC everytime, unless someone like Iowa or tOSU is in town.
We don’t sell beer at dual meets.
No. The BJC is not controlled by the athletics department but instead by the PSU Auxiliary and Business Services Unit. The state paid for the vast majority of the facility and as such demanded that it be used for many things to benefit the region such as concerts, etc. So, athletics has to work around the other events including losing the facility for an entire weekend every winter for Thon. This past season there were no openings on weekends so we ended up scheduling Rutgers on Monday night.
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OK, neat. Generally big duals then. As to not being able to sell out any but the biggest matchups, see Rutgers from last February, which was attended by just over 12,000 in BJC.
Low comprehension I see. Please say you didn't actually read my post. There were NO open weekend dates at the BJC on a weekend that had an opponent in town. Do you understand that? In addition, they scheduled Rutgers on a Monday night in the winter with a storm. Most travel over 2 hours through the mountains to get to State College. Their is only one BIG team that would travel to State College for a wrestling dual on a Monday and that's Rutgers, who was originally scheduled at Rec for Sunday. Does Iowa wrestle on Monday nights?
So the men’s BB team moved out of Rec Hall 28 years ago to play home games at BJC, and the wrestling team has to play second fiddle? Sounds fishy.
This is very close to spot on correct.
They did in January this year. And notwithstanding the unusual ownership/funding of BJC, the overall point remains that they try to schedule marquee duals there when possible.
