No I don’t believe you. Art festival doesn’t sell out. Seriously. Do you live here?
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Happy Valley Crisis: Business Is Dismal, Penn State Facing Comprehensive Furloughs, Athletics’ AD Pay -20% & Pegula Staff Pay - Whacked By $50%
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The Eric J Barron Art Museum will attract visitors worldwide. I expect they'll have to lengthen the runways at the airport
I do and know several owners. Arts Festival did not in 2019, THON never does, Happy Volley was ruined by current PSU Admin, and there are no multi sports weekends that come close. It’s football and graduation or bust.
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Will feature the world's only sculptures composed of onion dip.
People will start businesses, the question is will they start more in the future or less given what the government has done to existing businesses?
Summer 2019 I got a room for a friend at the Hampton Inn on College on a friends and family rate of $49/night during Arts Fest.
Obviously leading up to the event that would not have been available but once Arts Fest started the excess inventory was available and cheap.
Martirano -- a hill town between Cosenza and Lamezia Terme.
Do they 'sell out' to the point of $300+ per night hotel rooms on football weekends, no. Not sure there are any places anywhere outside of NYC that can charge $300+ per night every night. The point is that unlike 25+ years ago, there are tons of weekends that have a decent percent of hotel rooms that are booked. I can tell you the week that kids move in to class in August the rooms are booked as I had to pay over $200 per night to get a room. During normal times, the hotels in the State College area have pretty good occupancy rates with all the events happening through out the eyar.
Home 2 Suites by Hilton on the old Autoport site... Holiday Inn out off of the Benner Pike, and two yet to be determined properties as part of the mixed use projects being developed in Patton Township off of North Atherton. Throw in the boutique project on the Bellefonte waterfront. Only HI is out of the ground and that's delayed until next year now.
You are describing everywhere today. The cities do not have activities either - they are just as boring. How is State College any different than anywhere else in that regard? At least S.C., and all the rural towns for that matter, have easy access to outdoor activities. Such activities may not be everyone's cup of tea, but at least they are accessible to those who may be bored.
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You are incorrect. We have done so e small traveling to others cities and have been able to do things not available in SC. True, no city has everything going on right now, but lots of places have more to do than SC right now.
Hey Happy Valley has MeTV, When I was in SC last week they had Green Acres (with that Gabor hottie), Andy of Mayberry & Gomer Pyle — We don’t have that in Dunmore ...
In glancing at the residential real estate listing on realtor.com, there appears to be quite of few pending real estate transactions in State College.
Is the residential housing market in State College as healthy as it appears?
Is the residential housing market in State College as healthy as it appears?
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absolutely; new builds happening all over the place as well
People are moving here from the big cities to work remote! Many times just buying online and not even touring the props.
Not saying you are wrong about any of this, but building/infrastructure growth is not unique to PSU. I don't think the B1G has really driven it. The education bubble has all but required Higher Ed institutions to go on bldg/amenity spending sprees to attract students.
The bubble seems to be deflating. Many small, private colleges will go belly up. Those with huge endowments or taxpayer subsidies will survive but be hobbled. The time is overdue and is necessary.
the explosion of buildings and luxuries on campus is not a PSU thing, they are just following the trend. if anything, i would say when it comes to luxury type amenities PSU is just middle of the pack compared to most schools.
I agree that building/infrastructure growth is not unique to Penn State. In fact, none of the changes are. My problem was that for decades I bought into the line that Penn State was different that other schools when, in reality, we are pretty much the same. That's fine. I get it. But every time I hear "WE ARE" I mentally finish the cheer with "JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE".
Don't feel too bad about buying into that myth, a lot of people did. Good thing you realized it.
Real estate sales just about everywhere are booming. Low interest rates help. Plus people are buying vacation homes instead of traveling, especially flying into resort areas.
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IMHO, Joe and the Grand Experiment is what made PSU different. The philosophy extended far beyond Beaver stadium through the majority of the university. In some way, I believe that Joe's football morals rubbed off on the majority of the student population in their daily lives as they moved into the real world. I don't think that was an illusion and I don't think cheap loans, building sprees, and exploding administration is related.
Unfortunately, as we saw in the later years of Joe's tenure, he didn't really understand how much things had changed. Joe's heydey was recruiting via Ma Bell and USPS. He didn't use email, much less understand the importance of the internet, smart phones, or upgrading football facilities. Scholarship limits created parity and the internet allowed every recruit to see what every school had to offer.
Bottom line: PSU had to adapt, but that doesn't mean PSU was the same as everyone else.
For me, the shine of PSU wore off in the midst of the Sandusky case when the University made the decision to walk away from that culture and accept Joe Paterno as a criminal enabler, and high-profile, dead scape goat.
Now, I'm a lot less invested in PSU football. I'm still a fan, but a lot more casually and certainly not prioritizing games over other activities. Also, I won't give a dime to the University again unless something changes. As a lifelong fan and alum, I used to feel invested and proud of PSU Football. Now, I'm just a fan, same as I am with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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I feel much the same way. I do accept the fact that folks have different opinions about Joe, though mine have not changed. What was unforgivable to me was the fact that they threw the alumni and fans under the bus ... and never have apologized for that. I always tell the folks at PSU that when they ask for money. Second, I'll always have a deep and abiding respect for how Penn State changed my life. I shouldn't have been able to go to college--my dad was out of work for 2.5 years during my college days. Penn State made it happen. I'll always be deeply grateful for that. Monetarily, however, I "paid" that back a while ago with my giving and service (chapter leader, etc.).
I agree it is becoming toxic. Especially when miserable old coots think everything was better back in their day.
Struggling down the slope,
There's not much hope.
I begin to try to ride the scree
But the rocks are tumbling all around me.
If I want John alive,
I've got to ditch my fear - take a dive
While I've still got my drive to survive.
Evil Knievel you got nothing on me.
Big Money spin big deals
Sometimes building Ivory Towers
Sometimes building you a stairway
It’s the Kingdom they would Rule
It’s the fool on Television
Getting paid to play the Fool
Big Money take Control
Big Money got a Mean Streak
Big Money got no Soul...
Sometimes building Ivory Towers
Sometimes building you a stairway
It’s the Kingdom they would Rule
It’s the fool on Television
Getting paid to play the Fool
Big Money take Control
Big Money got a Mean Streak
Big Money got no Soul...
Ahh, "The Great Pretender" Cosplay Goodfellow waxes poetic for us!
You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you
You fell and cried as our people were starving
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving
Now you know that we framed you
Penn State academic standings are falling because of mismanagement at the top administrative level (President Onion Dip and co.). And it had been aided by BOT decision-making, poor oversight, and violation of conflict of interest.
