Where should arena go?

0 Comments | Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August, 2003

Byline: The Register-Guard

The University of Oregon has made the easy decision - to replace beloved but hopelessly aged and cramped McArthur Court with a new basketball arena. Most of the needed donations have already been pledged, and the rest are presumably within wooing distance.

The next step is harder - finding a site for an arena that will seat up to 15,000 rabid, howling, stomping fans and that is destined, by virtue of its size and designation as the successor to storied Mac Court, to be one of this community's most prominent landmarks.

University officials must accomplish this pivotal task in short order if they are to realize their goals of breaking ground a year from now and opening by fall 2006, when they'll be attempting to become...