Game and Fish To Buy Camp Tontozona?
I found this tidbit on the east Valley Tribune website - it speculates that ASU is considering selling Camp Tontozona, and that Arizona Game and Fish is interested in buying it.
Arizona State senior associate athletic director Mike Chismar confirmed during Saturday’s scrimmage that the university has had internal discussions about selling Camp Tontozona, the Sun Devils’ summer retreat since 1960.
“I know this is a place that is costing ASU money, and that’s not a good thing,” added senior associate AD Don Bocchi. “Not in this age of entrepreneurship.”
There was talk among fans and football staff that ASU already has put the property up for sale for $5.5 million, and that the Arizona Game and Fish Department is interested in purchasing it.
But school spokeswoman Terri Shafer said, “There are no plans to sell it at this time.”Note the phrasing: At this time.
ASU already has began to phase out the bucolic site Frank Kush discovered.
For 47 years, the Sun Devils stayed at Tontozona for at least a week, practicing twice a day and pulling pranks on each other at night. This year, however, coach Dennis Erickson bused his team north only for Saturday’s scrimmage, and he did that just to throw a bone to ASU’s fans.
You can read the full article at the link above.