As Georgetown s football team plans to enter the Patriot League in the fall of 2001, it seems only reasonable to create a stadium that could actually house games. Kehoe field is currently the smallest venue in the Patriot League. Similarly, the Georgetown swim team is unable to host any invitational championship meets due to the small size of Yates pool and the pool deck. At this point, Georgetown basketball is not on par with other Big East schools because there is no functional gym for hosting tournaments on campus. Both Villanova and Boston College use on-campus gyms which seat 6,500 and 8,500, respectively.
Players certainly aren t inspired by the ratio of fans to empty stands.
Georgetown University Athletic Director Joseph Lang s plan, proposed last April, to transform McDonough into a stadium seating 5,500 instead of 2,200 should be given high priority. Housing Georgetown basketball in McDonough instead of MCI Center would cut the long term cost of renting MCI Center and allow the university to bring student, faculty and alumni fans back onto campus. Bringing more fans onto campus is essential to the spirit and essence of Georgetown and should be seen as a top priority not only for Georgetown s future students, but its present ones as well.