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Rich College Football Fans to Get Condo-Tels

August 18, 2006 at 1:32 PM | 1 Comment

It was only a matter of time before someone one-upped the condo-tel phenomenon.

A development company called Gameday Centers is building condo-tels near college campuses in hopes of targeting fanatical football fans and alumni and wealthy students who can't bear to live in the dorms.

These Gameday Units, as the condo-tel rooms are called, operate in the standard condo-tel way except most owners will probably choose to stay in their unit during big game weekends.

Notre Dame University is expected to get one of the sports themed condo-tels with 125 to 150 units, as will other football schools such as University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Auburn University in Alabama, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and the University of Georgia at Athens and the University of Texas. What? No USC Trojans condo-tel?

But the company won't stop at football fans. As a company officer said:

"Why put your son or daughter into a dorm when you can buy a condo unit," he said. "Eventually there will be sporting condo-hotels and hunting and fishing ones. Football is already there, so the next thing will be other sports, convention centers. It will progress to all economic segments and the condo-hotel will spread into other lifestyles."

It's Condo-Tel World Domination Time! Next up, a clothing optional, gay men only condo-tel, followed by the Intergalatic Flying Condo-tel.

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