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Post by Whitman on Sept 7, 2022 1:12:13 GMT
Oh, I guarantee the Super Bowl and Final Four will be played there, pretty quickly.
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Post by Liberal White Women on Sept 8, 2022 16:49:01 GMT
Oh, I guarantee the Super Bowl and Final Four will be played there, pretty quickly. It's probably closer and more convenient to reach from O'Hare than Soldier Field is.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 8, 2022 17:03:24 GMT
There aren’t enough hotels or nightlife near Arlington Heights.
Everything would be centered downtown. The “Fan experience”, the parties, the attendees.
And then what, run busses or special trains to the game?
I don’t see that happening.
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Post by Whitman on Sept 8, 2022 17:06:27 GMT
There aren’t enough hotels or nightlife near Arlington Heights. Everything would be centered downtown. The “Fan experience”, the parties, the attendees. And then what, run busses or special trains to the game? I don’t see that happening. Do you think they are just plopping a stadium into the middle of acres and acres of nothingness? The idea is to have an entire "village" around it, just like Wrigley Field, Notre Dame Stadium, Busch Stadium. It's going to happen. Why in the world wouldn't the NFL or NCAA want to hold their capstone events in Chicago?
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 8, 2022 17:15:40 GMT
There aren’t enough hotels or nightlife near Arlington Heights. Everything would be centered downtown. The “Fan experience”, the parties, the attendees. And then what, run busses or special trains to the game? I don’t see that happening. Do you think they are just plopping a stadium into the middle of acres and acres of nothingness? The idea is to have an entire "village" around it, just like Wrigley Field, Notre Dame Stadium, Busch Stadium. It's going to happen. Why in the world wouldn't the NFL or NCAA want to hold their capstone events in Chicago? It’s cold in Chicago in January for one thing. And, it ain’t warm on April 1 either. The “Village” won’t accommodate 80,000 out of town fans. And there will be no demand for tickets among sponsors and advertisers to spend a week in Arlington Heights. If they do host the game(s), the HQs for the even, the team and media hotels, the Fan Zone and the parties would all be in Chicago. Hell, that was the plan when the Democrats were going to host their 2020 Convention in MILWAUKEE! Now, there is a METRA Station adjacent to the property. So they could run dedicated trains (and busses), but at that point, what’s the point?
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Post by Whitman on Sept 8, 2022 17:16:15 GMT
You're wrong. You're as wrong as you were about Michael Sam and Chelsea Clinton.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 8, 2022 17:32:42 GMT
You're wrong. You're as wrong as you were about Michael Sam and Chelsea Clinton. Time will tell. Th NFL may dangle it as an incentive to AH to get the deal done, but again, I don't think AH would get a big benefit out of it. (And, I hate to tell you, but sort of like with the "Delta could easily relocate their Atlanta hub" discussion with Jones, my background gives me some insight here.) The NFL does not want to cold weather Super Bowls. Everyone involved wants to go to Tampa, Miami, LA, etc... They want to play golf, go to parties, and enjoy the warm weather. The demand for tickets -- meaning that the hosts are entertaining the CEO and/or President of the corporate sponsors and advertisers is much higher if the game is in a warm weather city. If it's in AH, a schlub like me gets to go.
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Post by Whitman on Sept 8, 2022 17:35:31 GMT
They've held Super Bowls in Indianapolis and Detroit.
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Post by ecwyanks on Sept 8, 2022 17:42:00 GMT
And would go to NJ again if it was a dome.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 8, 2022 17:43:09 GMT
Next three games are in Arizona, Las Vegas, and then New Orleans.
One article I read speculates that San Francisco (Santa Clara) might get the 2026 game.
They've got a good rotation of warm weather cities. They don't even want to mess with Atlanta or Dallas because of the freak weather that can happen. (The 2000 Super Bowl in Atlanta was a disaster because of the ice storm that hit.)
(Yes, I know Atlanta got another one, but it took almost 20 years to get it. And, the games in Minneapolis, Detroit, New Jersey, and Indianapolis were not beloved by anyone. They want to stay in the warm weather.)
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Post by Whitman on Sept 8, 2022 17:46:16 GMT
OK.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 8, 2022 17:47:36 GMT
And would go to NJ again if it was a dome. I'm not even sure if that's true. New York is a draw in many ways, but a lot of the media and league people are already there. They want to go someplace warm in January. And, New York is too big of a city for even the Super Bowl to take over. If you go to some cities when they are hosting an event, that event is everywhere. The Super Bowl gets lost in NYC. Some of these shit hole cold weather cities got Super Bowls to reward well liked owners, or because they helped secure a new stadium deal. But, no one wants to hold a SB in fucking Detroit or Minneapolis, or Indianapolis. And, I love Chicago as much as the next guy, but there's a reason why we don't host a lot of conventions in January.
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Post by Da Man on Sept 8, 2022 17:49:41 GMT
There aren’t enough hotels or nightlife near Arlington Heights. Everything would be centered downtown. The “Fan experience”, the parties, the attendees. And then what, run busses or special trains to the game? I don’t see that happening. Do you think the Cowboys’ stadium is in downtown Dallas? Or the Dolphins’ stadium is in Miami? The Giants’ stadium isn’t even in the same state as New York City. All of those have hosted Super Bowls in the not-too-distant past.
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Post by Da Man on Sept 8, 2022 17:51:04 GMT
They've held Super Bowls in Indianapolis and Detroit. Minneapolis, too.
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Post by YankeeFan on Sept 8, 2022 17:54:39 GMT
The SB in Minneapolis was a fucking disaster too.
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