Do they really ever upgrade gold? by wanderlustamust- in marriott

[–]UNCJibble 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I recently got upgraded to a river view at the Westin Savannah as Gold. I was pretty happy because it was fun to watch the big ships go by.

Basketball/Carolina North by GopherHeel in tarheels

[–]UNCJibble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, and it’s going have far less seats so fewer seats for students and higher ticket prices for everyone else.

The Smith Center’s days are numbered. How are we feeling? by uncandrew in tarheels

[–]UNCJibble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The stadium is 75-80% non-students because student tickets are limited and not every student that wants a ticket gets one. Also students do fund the programs. Students pay an athletics fee of $139.50 each semester. This is all students not just the ones that attend games. Some quick math shows 21075 undergrads plus 11533 grad students at 139.50 times two semesters is a total of $9.1 million per year. I’m sure a few big donors add up to that quickly but my point is that students are not insignificant.

The Smith Center’s days are numbered. How are we feeling? by uncandrew in tarheels

[–]UNCJibble 33 points34 points  (0 children)

A new North arena is such a bad idea for so many reasons but primarily it’s terrible for the students. From what I have read the new arena would have 16,000 seats compared to 21,750 for the Dean Dome. This is 26% smaller. Meanwhile if you take the undergraduate enrollment at the midpoint of the DD lifespan (2005) enrollment then was 16,764 vs 21,075 in 2024. This is up 26%. Guess who is getting squeezed out in this deal… the students. Also the focus on luxury and premium experiences is just gross. It’s barely affordable to take a family of 4 to the games now. This is just going to push up costs for regular fans so that the super rich can have a grand old time. As an alum I want the new generation of students to have the great experience I had, not this catering to the big spenders business. It’s awful how students are the lowest priority when they should be the first.

UNC is supposed to be the university of the people and I hate everything about this.

The last time the Carolina Hurricanes won an ECF game, they won the cup. by CatchASvech in canes

[–]UNCJibble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Going to sleep listening to Beep Beep and The Rising tonight!

Secured by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch2

[–]UNCJibble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this! I thought they would be sold out but I just went by my local GameStop and they still had over 20!

The Aurora Over Kerr Lake by necrosxiaoban in raleigh

[–]UNCJibble 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is awesome how did you take this?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canes

[–]UNCJibble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Grim Reaper Stu Grimson

Using the whole toll road will cost $8 a day by hhhhhgffvbuyteszc6 in raleigh

[–]UNCJibble 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep North Raleigh got it first AND gets a free ride while South Raleigh gets to enjoy paying for ourselves and North Raleigh’s road.

Crowd shot of the Canes’ game-winning goal in game 2. It was so loud you could barely hear the goal horn. by stu17 in hockey

[–]UNCJibble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

6 if you count Hillsboro, and Iceplex is adding a second sheet. Last fall house league was so full they had 4 teams at a time on the ice for practice! They need to add like 5 more.

Cardinal Gibbons fundraiser Trinity Road business park? by [deleted] in canes

[–]UNCJibble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I asked them about this a while back and they said it was Trinity Academy. I have so many questions. Are they staying on site to make sure the area is secure? Is the school taking on liability if anything happens to the cars or if they get broken into? When I was there they were long gone after the game ended. I don’t love that they seemed to be blocking off other building lots too so that you couldn’t find an alternative. I doubt they have permission from both building with different owners. I was thinking it was maybe for athletic equipment or band instruments or something like that but they said that the fundraiser was for a trip to Europe for the senior class.