(08-03-2018 08:57 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(08-02-2018 03:12 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  The committee really looks to be locked-in to about six cities (Indianapolis, San Antonio, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta and New Orleans) with about a small handful of others in occasional rotation (Minneapolis, Detroit and Arlington).

Jerry World appears to be out of the rotation. It's 20 miles from Dallas and 15 miles from Ft. Worth, with nothing in the area that would qualify as amenities.

Rangers opening week and Six Flags, both within walking distance of the stadium, is nothing? Where do you take someone in Fort Worth, Sundance Square? Oooohhh, interesting.

(08-03-2018 09:04 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  I guess they are never coming to the North East ever again. I guess Madison Square garden isn't good enough to host a big basketball game huh? Nope, we better play the biggest games of the year in a friggin football stadium! *** **** NCAA.

It's dumb to do it every year. They do need to mix in some arenas every few seasons.

(08-03-2018 12:03 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(08-03-2018 09:43 AM)Renandpat Wrote:  Out of those awarded the event, Phoenix/Glendale is still surprising to me. It's the outlier in terms of being outside the city center and reliant on a car (much like DFW and to a lesser degree, Houston).

Well, you said it -- at nearly all of the Final Four sites, the stadium is nowhere near where visitors want to stay. That doesn't seem to bother the decisionmakers.

Phoenix is great that time of year. Nice warm weather outside, best golf courses in the country, great resorts, downtown Phoenix hosts all the events other than the game.

Depending on when Phoenix gets it, light rail might have made it out to the stadium by then - working on design right now.

(08-03-2018 10:32 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(08-03-2018 08:57 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(08-02-2018 03:12 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  The committee really looks to be locked-in to about six cities (Indianapolis, San Antonio, Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta and New Orleans) with about a small handful of others in occasional rotation (Minneapolis, Detroit and Arlington).

Jerry World appears to be out of the rotation. It's 20 miles from Dallas and 15 miles from Ft. Worth, with nothing in the area that would qualify as amenities.

Rangers opening week and Six Flags, both within walking distance of the stadium, is nothing? Where do you take someone in Fort Worth, Sundance Square? Oooohhh, interesting.

There is also the Stockyards and Billy Bobs. Certainly as much to do in the DFW area as in Houston.

(08-03-2018 09:04 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  I guess they are never coming to the North East ever again. I guess Madison Square garden isn't good enough to host a big basketball game huh? Nope, we better play the biggest games of the year in a friggin football stadium! *** **** NCAA.

The NCAA is making a big mistake here. They already have strained relations with many in the P5. Not only is New England being ignored, but the Atlantic coast, and Southeast as well. They are taking the game to its least popular demographic and ignoring their base. But hey, it's the NCAA and they won't believe how badly they are screwing up until it's too late!

I'm all for new places, but 1 or 2 a year while maintaining a presence on the East Coast would be wise.

They want as many seats to be filled as possible. You get 4-5 times as many seats in a dome as you do in an arena. Not ignorant but they could always just jack up the price of arena tickets.

(08-03-2018 10:32 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Rangers opening week and Six Flags, both within walking distance of the stadium, is nothing? Where do you take someone in Fort Worth, Sundance Square? Oooohhh, interesting.

San Antonio offers the Riverwalk. Jerry's got a Wal-Mart next door.

The area has never been fully developed, lacks mass transit (done on purpose, by the way), and doesn't retain a crowd as a downtown facility would. When the game is over, you don't go to a nearby restaurant or bar, because there aren't any.

(08-05-2018 09:01 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(08-03-2018 10:32 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Rangers opening week and Six Flags, both within walking distance of the stadium, is nothing? Where do you take someone in Fort Worth, Sundance Square? Oooohhh, interesting.

San Antonio offers the Riverwalk. Jerry's got a Wal-Mart next door.

The area has never been fully developed, lacks mass transit (done on purpose, by the way), and doesn't retain a crowd as a downtown facility would. When the game is over, you don't go to a nearby restaurant or bar, because there aren't any.

Texas Live! is opening on Thursday. It’s between the Rangers Ballpark and AT&T Stadium. It’s progress, at least. But the lack of mass transit is a stain that Arlington has to deal with eventually. You can’t proclaim yourself as the “entertainment capital of Texas” and as “the largest U.S. city without public transportation” and just ge away with it.

(08-03-2018 08:41 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Indy neither, I took the shuttle Downtown. The only thing worth seeing in Indy outside Downtown is the Motorspeedway and unless there's a race going on, why would you want to go there and see an empty stadium?

Indianapolis has a fantastic set-up for events downtown. I love it.

Phoenix --- that set-up is considerably less good. Impressive stadium structurally, but it's half-way to California. The hotel I stayed in last-year for the Fiesta Bowl was 30 miles from the stadium (plenty of other PSU and UW fans were there too, I wasn't an outlier).