If it goes through that is.
This proposal by Dreamscape
could provide some major benefits to the conference.
1. Las Vegas Maaco Bowl would be in a state of the art stadium which is very close to the strip. After I got back from the Sugar Bowl last year I was thinking about the experience and realized the coolest thing about the event. Everybody walks from Bourbon street down to the game. Both going and coming out were really cool as throngs of people (70k+) filled the streets and marched to and fro. Its the chief reason why the sugar bowl is the best bowl game around (DDD dont start with the rose bowl. Its a freaking mess getting in and getting out and there is nothing around it.) The location they want to put this is 2-3 miles from the strip. The monorail would play a major part in getting people there.
2. The new stadium would also have a 25k seat basketball arena that would become the site for the conference tournament. The T&M would remain for UNLV home games but the new arena would definitely be use for the tournament.
3. Teams in our conference could schedule games with big programs like sooners and byu did for texas stadium. In fact a very cool thing would be to have opening weekend have two large games for byu and Utah at the vegas site versus some large name teams that want to throw a bone to their fans. Sure Florida or Alabama won't come to Salt Lake but if the game was in Vegas they are more enticed.
4. In 2013 when Utah and Colorado go to the Pac-12 it will be a great place to have the conference championship game. After that happens and the MWC adds boise st., utah st, Fresno and Nevada they can have their conference championship game there too.
This proposal by Dreamscape
could provide some major benefits to the conference.
1. Las Vegas Maaco Bowl would be in a state of the art stadium which is very close to the strip. After I got back from the Sugar Bowl last year I was thinking about the experience and realized the coolest thing about the event. Everybody walks from Bourbon street down to the game. Both going and coming out were really cool as throngs of people (70k+) filled the streets and marched to and fro. Its the chief reason why the sugar bowl is the best bowl game around (DDD dont start with the rose bowl. Its a freaking mess getting in and getting out and there is nothing around it.) The location they want to put this is 2-3 miles from the strip. The monorail would play a major part in getting people there.
2. The new stadium would also have a 25k seat basketball arena that would become the site for the conference tournament. The T&M would remain for UNLV home games but the new arena would definitely be use for the tournament.
3. Teams in our conference could schedule games with big programs like sooners and byu did for texas stadium. In fact a very cool thing would be to have opening weekend have two large games for byu and Utah at the vegas site versus some large name teams that want to throw a bone to their fans. Sure Florida or Alabama won't come to Salt Lake but if the game was in Vegas they are more enticed.
4. In 2013 when Utah and Colorado go to the Pac-12 it will be a great place to have the conference championship game. After that happens and the MWC adds boise st., utah st, Fresno and Nevada they can have their conference championship game there too.
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