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Naw, Davison jets do fine at Ruston International. However, team charters need that additional length on the south end, but the road to Kellys must be rearranged.
Y'all act like Tech is going to have to pay for this. There are FAA airport monies for this. If the Ruston airport doesn't ask for the money another airport in the state will.
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How far is Love Field to NTexas?Originally Posted by RougeDawg
How far is Hobby to Rice?
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Touche.
Coincidentally enough, a rural airport south of Baton Rouge is extending their runway to 5,000' with $4.1 million in Federal and State grants.
http://theadvocate.com/home/8496395-...-from-gonzales
w/out looking it up, I think Love Field to Denton, may be as far as DFW to Denton. Not a good route from downtown to Denton for sure. Also, see FIM's post. Again, the airport situation never kept us out of C-USA.
Fine, extend the runway. We still don't have a place to stay in Ruston...for now.
DFW is about 2 miles further. As far as traffic is concerned, you're as close/fast as your CUSA-required police escort.
I never said an airport extension was a part of the C-USA minimums, but it wouldn't hurt. If we were a SEC-budgeted school it'd enhance our recruiting. By flying out of Ruston it would allowing our non-football sports closer access to the regional jets we'd be using (If you can dream).
What's wrong with working on both a full-service hotel and airport extension?
Last edited by Dawgpix; 03-04-2014 at 08:22 AM.
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An expensive arena is not the answer at a time when Monroe ranks in top 100 most dangerous cities, has over 200 million in debt, and infrastructure is crippling. One word: boondoggle.
This project will not create anywhere close to enough jobs to significantly improve the economic situation within the city.
How do you turn a 200 million debt into a 300 million debt? Build an arena. What a joke.
Dykes used to have the team stay in Monroe the night before games didn't he? So what's the big deal?
West Monroe. There is a big difference.
T-Mo,
What's the hold up if you say money is available? Is there opposition to extending the runway? Seems like a no brainer to me for all parties involved.
Yep. At the Hilton Garden Inn. I highly recommend if you can't find anything in Ruston.
Disagreement on the highway realignment south of the airport.
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DD started this. He wanted the team together to have the same routine on Friday nights, whether it was a home game or away game.Dykes and Skip have continued this
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Stayed in one this past weekend in S'Port. Very nice.
A 737 could land at Ruston at any weight config on a dry day with 250' to spare. It could also land on a wet day, but not at full load. This leaves no room for error though, so no one will fly one here.
The airport should have been planned for expansion, but they shoehorned it into a small piece of land.
It blows my mind Bruno was so slow making his Me-Too U move on this proposal.
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/2...new-city-arena
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