In these economic times...probably not going to happen. Their stadium is barely big enough for a 1-AA program and the way it is built it is probably not expandable. Hopefully they do not make the mistake Temple did by trying to use the Eagles stadium. The campus is small relative to the other Big East schools. Very much a liberal arts environment that would probably get eaten up in recruiting wars with other 1-A programs like Pitt, Louisville, UConn., West Virginia. It would cost a mint to bring the athletic facilities up to standard of the Big East football programs. Even if they spent the money to build the facility, the new facility would be the most inpressive building on what is a very quaint campus. They are having success where they are so hopefully they will leave it alone.
Most likely a classic case of why the Bible says "don't think more highly of yourself than you ought".
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You are on point! Villanova's campus is land locked, and the prices of the homes in the area make it prohibitive to buy and build especially a football stadium to FBS standards. If the Wildcats buy a track of land away from the campus, you may run the risk of not having strong student support.
Delaware, one of Villanova's football rivals already has a 22,000 seat stadium and land to expand, and they aren't looking to move up.
Good luck to the Wildcats if they make the move. The use UCONN as a template and plan and not make the move up based on emotions.
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