Proposed Las Vegas Development and what it means for our conference

[falafel]

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Mad props.

[statman]

More expensive travel and a crappier TV contract aren't very enticing.

Travel really isn't much more expensive. Chartering a jet to fly 1000 miles isn't that much more expensive than chartering one to go 500. And just to be clear, flying to UCLA, USC, Cal & Stanford isn't much further than flying to Austin, Waco, and Lubbock & Norman. True, there's no one 'close' in the PAC-10 - but the "closest" Big XII team is almost 500 miles away...

Sorry, but your geographic & travel arguments just don't hold much water...

[Fiyero]

Looks like Vegas is all about the Hamiltons, baby. I hope the concessions sells Mr. Pipp and Red Vines, because together they're crazy delicious!

[Mormon Red Death]

Here is an interesting article.

This article was interesting. Basically Mayor Goodman wants a new vegas stadium to be the permanent home of Monday night football. Now that would be cool. Have every team play on Monday night once a season (16 games) in Vegas.

If LA was smart they would try that. In this podcast Bill Simmons talks about putting a stadium in downtown LA.

[brother_h8]

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.

Nickel slot machines in the bathroom would be cool.

[falafel]

Here is an interesting article.

This article was interesting. Basically Mayor Goodman wants a new vegas stadium to be the permanent home of Monday night football. Now that would be cool. Have every team play on Monday night once a season (16 games) in Vegas.

Goodman's been pimping this for a while now. I remember him making this exact offer to the NFL back in 2003/4 sometime. FTR, I think its a pretty cool idea. However, if he wants to put the stadium on top of Cashman field, getting to the game is going to be a major headache.

[DU Ute]

Here is an interesting article.

This article was interesting. Basically Mayor Goodman wants a new vegas stadium to be the permanent home of Monday night football. Now that would be cool. Have every team play on Monday night once a season (16 games) in Vegas.

If LA was smart they would try that. In this podcast Bill Simmons talks about putting a stadium in downtown LA.

what a blessing for the righteous saints in Vegas! They can attend NFL games featuring their favorite team without having to travel OR break the Sabbath!

[WashingtonCoug]

Looks like Vegas is all about the Hamiltons, baby. I hope the concessions sells Mr. Pipp and Red Vines, because together they're crazy delicious!

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[Fiyero]

Sending every MNF team to Vegas is a great idea, especially those Pittsburgh vs. New England matchups.

Sincerely,
The Bowl System

[Mormon Red Death]

Sending every MNF team to Vegas is a great idea, especially those Pittsburgh vs. New England matchups.

Sincerely,
The Bowl System

Do you know how many transplants there are in vegas? Anytime pittsburgh or New england play in phoenix most of crowd cheers for the opposing team same demogrfaphic in vegas

[MartyFunkhouser]

Vegas should focus in on building a baseball stadium as a possible destination for the Oakland A's.

[falafel]

Vegas should focus in on building a baseball stadium as a possible destination for the Oakland A's.

Duh! The proposed mega-stadium complex can accommodate MLB games!

[MartyFunkhouser]

Duh! The proposed mega-stadium complex can accommodate MLB games!

A's are making that mistake again. It is a dedicated baseball stadium or nothing damnit. Portland will build a dedicated baseball stadium, so if you want any chance of having a baseball team don't try to sell this accommodate MLB games crap.

[falafel]

A's are making that mistake again. It is a dedicated baseball stadium or nothing damnit. Portland will build a dedicated baseball stadium, so if you want any chance of having a baseball team don't try to sell this accommodate MLB games crap.

Well, the Cashman Center is still standing. We've got all areas covered!

[All-American]

Building a $2 Billion stadium with no permanent tenant. Great idea. What could possibly go wrong?

Sincerely,
The Alamo Dome