I agree with what you're saying, but I think it's weird that you're framing it as a disagreement to my post. I'm not surprised that current college students want the bar(s) they frequent to stay around, I was just surprised to see it at the basketball game. It makes me happy too. Unfortunately the alumni will matter more, because new students will find new places to make their own.

A few great examples that go along with your point are people saying they're okay with the change but think places like The Library or Out'R'Inn should stay. I love both of those bars, and Bernie's, but Too's was never part of my experience and a place I've rarely been. I don't see what makes The Library or Out'R'Inn different than those two places though. They are all college campus dives, and all places that make a college campus interesting.

I'm not from Ohio, and I have no roots here, but when I graduated high school I had two teachers at my high school that were OSU grads and both shared stories with me of The Library because that happened to be their bar in the 70s. It was cool to go there and recall stories they told me, and compare that experience to experiences my dad and his college friends had told me about their college hangouts. I get that not everything is going to last forever, but if every single place continues to get destroyed Ohio State is just going to become the university equivalent of a mall.

I guess it's pretty much inevitable though; it's fucking huge and generates a shitload of money. Maybe one or two places will stick around, but 20 years from now it's mostly going to be "When I was here, that place was this other place", it's pretty much exactly that anyway and I've only been here 8 years. You want the 450,000+ alumni to come back and spend money on football weekends you better give them some shit they remember on top of some fancy new shit. Or just get an NFL team.