SEC TOURNAMENT TAMPA.... WHY ?

[SPRINGHILLVOL]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

Were you planning on walking?

 

[Lurker]

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[Pacer92]

Selfishly, I liked the tournament in Nashville. Birmingham is about as central as you can get it, but I’m glad it’s not there..

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Someone in the SEC office is a big Tampa Bay Vipers fan and when they scheduled the SECT there they thought they could get in a Vipers game.

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Selfishly, I liked the tournament in Nashville. Birmingham is about as central as you can get it, but I’m glad it’s not there..

Agreed; Nashville, Atlanta, St. Louis, Memphis and New Orleans all make significantly more sense than Tampa from a travel standpoint. Luckily, the next five or six are scheduled for Bridgestone so this year is just one minor inconvenience.

 

[Hacksaw]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

I wondered the same thing. Maybe not as boldly as you did, but...yeah.

 

[JohnWardForever]

SEC Commissioner Pipsqueek.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The geographic center of the SEC is just across the Alabama-MS border right off I-22. The tourney could be held in Birmingham but the BJCC is a dump, Memphis (Calipari and UK would never approve it being there) or Nashville. Nashville is just the best choice currently.

 

[walkenvol]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

Allegiant flys direct Knoxville to Tampa but you’ve already missed out on the $40 flights each way

 

[UTjonez]

Look inside the $125M renovation of Legacy Arena in Alabama

 

[OffTackleVol]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

When you consider all the amenities, location, etc., it's hard to beat Nashville.

 

[peaygolf]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

Exactly................
And why is the OVC Tournament in Evansville, IN????

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I like Nashville. It should stay in Bridgestone

 

[TNinSC]

Apparently it was there in 2009? I dont remember. Record low ticket sales. So of course the SEC offices say "let's try it again!"

 

[ShoalCreekVol]

SEC tabs St. Louis, Tampa for tournament

Tampa previously hosted the SEC tournament in 2009 -- amid down years for basketball powers Florida and Kentucky -- and didn't fill the venue.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive says, ''We think that was an anomaly and we can get the kind of support that we want.''

Good business strategy.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Look inside the $125M renovation of Legacy Arena in Alabama

It's still not Bridgestone and Bridgestone isn't FedExForum.

 

[Volprofch05]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

After this year, I believe it is in Nashville every year until at least 2035, so I'd say that works out pretty well for us overall.

Exclusive: SEC basketball tournament to stay in Nashville through 2035

 

[VOLFAN_MTSUALUM]

If memory serves me right they have it contracted in a way where mens tournament moves once every 5 seasons so the women's tournament can be in Nashville. When they are our of Nashville I assume the SEC office goes with the best proposal a city will offer. Tampa won out.

 

[VolPack22]

Nashville and Atlanta should be the only places that host. Those are the two most central big cities for the SEC. It would cost me about $150-$200 in gas alone to make the trip to Tampa round trip. Compared to closer to $30-50 round trip for Atlanta or Nashville. Sorry but that’s too much for me.

 

[bigdaddy]

Apparently it was there in 2009? I dont remember. Record low ticket sales. So of course the SEC offices say "let's try it again!"

That’s when we made it to the final

 

[TNinSC]

That’s when we made it to the final

yeah, i remember the tournament itself. just didnt remember that it was played in tampa.

the only tournament i really remember not being in nashville was '08 when Sundiata Gaines went beast mode and UGA won it all in Atlanta.

 

[beamerman]

Very convenient location for Knoxville Vol fans only 1340 miles round trip -Knoxville - Tampa. Not bad for Texas A&M fans only 2150 miles round trip. Kentucky round trip only 1610 miles round trip. Why in the heck did SEC office choose Tampa as tournament site ?

Maybe it will limit some Ky fans attending?

 

[cncchris33]

Nashville and Atlanta should be the only places that host. Those are the two most central big cities for the SEC. It would cost me about $150-$200 in gas alone to make the trip to Tampa round trip. Compared to closer to $30-50 round trip for Atlanta or Nashville. Sorry but that’s too much for me.

And that's if you're getting ~40 mpg.

 

[VolPack22]

And that's if you're getting ~40 mpg.

Yeah I used my civic mpg which gets me about 38mpg highway but if I used my suv mpg then it would be WAY more.