Neyland Stadium bowl question

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Plenty of people currently go to football games where they don't serve alcohol. Why would this be any different?
 
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therealUT said:
For most teams, Knoxville in December is warm weather, or at least warmer weather. On top of that, Knoxville has as much or more to offer than Boise, El Paso, Shreveport, and Birmingham.
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Im in Birmingham, and you cant give away tickets to that bowl here. As an Alabama fan told me 'we know good football and this ain't good football'. The results would be the same in Knoxville with two garbage teams.
 
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vols-1 said:
All the best bowls are played in a warmer climate. Same reason the Super Bowl is played down south ever year. Neyland Stadium might be able to get a 7-5 team if they pushed it, but the stadium would look funny half full.
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not "every year" anymore with Indianapolis hosting the SB next February and New York the year after.

Also, don't forget what happened in Atlanta the year the Ravens won the SB, an ice storm slammed Atlanta and the league pondered the risk of every playing that far north again.
 
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I went to the Patriots/Steelers exhibition game back in 1982, I don't remember the attendance, but there were plenty there since it was during the Worlds Fair. Which may I add the last Worlds Fair to show a proffit.
 
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GreveHaller said:
Boise: simply beautiful. Like the smokies x 1000

El paso: mexico. Cheap, cheap liquor and fun

Shreveport: gambling. Nuff said

Bham is your only point but its survived this long so theres something to it

Get off the couch and visit these places during their bowl week before making a judgement
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If you cross that bridge in El Paso into Mexico, the odds are about 50/50 that you will return in a body bag...lol. We need to send the gators there one year
 
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BJSforVols said:
No offense to Knoxville, but it not really a desirable place to come visit from a tourist prespective. Bowl games typically need to have a tourist attraction in order to be successful.
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Neither are Shreveport and Birmingham. Knoxville is close to Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and the Smoky Mountains. There would be plenty for tourists. I think Neyland is too big to host a minor bowl game and look impressive. You'd just see empty seats where otheryou bowls would loolbe sold out.

Plus, Knoxville doesn't have the best accommodations for that many people needing to stay for more than one day.
 
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GmanTN said:
I went to the Patriots/Steelers exhibition game back in 1982, I don't remember the attendance, but there were plenty there since it was during the Worlds Fair. Which may I add the last Worlds Fair to show a proffit.
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Yeah, I remember that. We had a Tennessee guy on the New England team. Roland James or Haskel Stanback or Stanley Morgan or someone..

Seems like there were 60,000-70,000 there but I may be wrong.
 
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MG1968 said:
not "every year" anymore with Indianapolis hosting the SB next February and New York the year after.

Also, don't forget what happened in Atlanta the year the Ravens won the SB, an ice storm slammed Atlanta and the league pondered the risk of every playing that far north again.
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Yeah but INDY closes to be a dome!! Not the same. I think its like 2014 or something when first cold weather outside game will be played at like Giants new stadium.
 
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MG1968 said:
not "every year" anymore with Indianapolis hosting the SB next February and New York the year after.

Also, don't forget what happened in Atlanta the year the Ravens won the SB, an ice storm slammed Atlanta and the league pondered the risk of every playing that far north again.
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But we dont have DOME with an attached convention center.
 
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Jackson_Harris said:
If you cross that bridge in El Paso into Mexico, the odds are about 50/50 that you will return in a body bag...lol. We need to send the gators there one year
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I was there when the Vols and T Rob played Maryland in the Sun Bowl and had a blast for cheap. Never felt threatened.
 
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I have always heard we don't have enough hotels. Could be BS but supposedly you have to have x amount of hotel availability in your town to be able to host bowl games and we fall just short. TIFWIW.
 
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Knoxville's downtown area is pretty pitiful compared to Chattanooga and Nashville. It's been slowly getting better, but it's downtown attractions that matter and Knoxville is sorely lacking.

Having Gatlinburg and the Smokies close is nice, but bowl game visitors aren't going to fight traffic and construction on 66 and not come away with a bad impression.
 
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GreveHaller said:
I was there when the Vols and T Rob played Maryland in the Sun Bowl and had a blast for cheap. Never felt threatened.
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I was there for two different weeks on business four years ago and times have changed. That mexican city across the bridge is now one of the most violent places in the world. Not even Rod Wilks would cross that bridge. Drugs at the core of it all
 
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Gotta consider. Weather, location, attractions, hotels, everything really. Can't just put it there cause its a big stadium.
 
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Jackson_Harris said:
I was there for two different weeks on business four years ago and times have changed. That mexican city across the bridge is now one of the most violent places in the world. Not even Rod Wilks would cross that bridge. Drugs at the core of it all
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San Juan... and it is the most dangerous city in The World. Its nothing to look at their daily paper and see ten to fifteen murders usually by shootings from the night before. The Cartel run that place.
 
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kentucky sucks said:
I wonder why Neyland Stadium doesn't have a bowl game. You'd think it would considering the size and accommidations. Any reasons you folks know of that I might have missed? Has it ever been considered?
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What team wants to come to Knoxville at Christmas time? I am surprised that the games in Nashville and Charlotte make it. Teams want to go to exciting, warm destinations.
 
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I don't really buy the location, weather, attractions argument. There are a lot of places that are far more crappier than Knoxville in ALL of these departments that host bowl games. I'm sure it all points back to the dollar somehow.
 
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BJSforVols said:
No offense to Knoxville, but it not really a desirable place to come visit from a tourist prespective. Bowl games typically need to have a tourist attraction in order to be successful.
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How funny and uninformed... Knoxville is only one days drive for over half of the United States population. we are about 25 miles from the third most visited vacation spot in the USA .

The number one tourist location is Hawaii.. the number two is Orlando and the number three is Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg

Guess you have never been here
 
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kentucky sucks said:
I don't really buy the location, weather, attractions argument. There are a lot of places that are far more crappier than Knoxville in ALL of these departments that host bowl games. I'm sure it all points back to the dollar somehow.
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Blind views such as these are the reasons people do not understand the complexity of the college football post season. You might see it as just 'a game' but in the end its much more. Much, much more. Its a week long event with a football game thrown in the middle. And during that week, dollars flow in.

The Sheraton Birmingham, as a host hotel, is proud of the economic benefits our property received during the 2009 Papajohns.com bowl. This is a huge boom for the entire BJCC complex during a time where we traditionally have been slow due to the holidays." -- Mark Noyes, GM, Sheraton Birmingham

Take a look at the study the Fiesta Bowl put together on what the the college post season did for their area of the US. While the Fiesta Bowl made money, it was the surrounding area that benefited the most.

http://www.fiestabowl.org/public/downloads/Fiesta_Events_Economic_Impact_2010-2011_July21_FF.pdf

Wonder why there's no playoffs? Sure the university presidents are concerned that they may lose money but its the communities that are worried the most. Playoffs turn their game from a week of revenue stream to a day.
 
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kentucky sucks said:
I don't really buy the location, weather, attractions argument. There are a lot of places that are far more crappier than Knoxville in ALL of these departments that host bowl games. I'm sure it all points back to the dollar somehow.
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They host bowls because they are happy to settle for the crap teams. If 40K show up its a good day.
 
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Hey, I got a friend in Columbia TN whose son is the number two kicker for Purdue. They went 6-6 and are headed to Detroit for a bowl game on Dec 27th. Think about that "reward". The entire family is going. I hope they have fun! Told him to pack a sweater. At least the stadium is in-doors.
 
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