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Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T21:13:23-06:00

LSU has already sold out it's school specific allotment of 25,000 tickets for New Orleans.

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ ... 2182c.html

Statistics: Posted by Jarhead — Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:13 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T17:06:00-06:00

Regarding proximity, I look at it two ways. 1) New Orleans is 348 miles from Houston while Dallas is only 242 hours. So for locals who were going to go to the game (if they're even able to get out of Houston), and LSU has a TON of fans in Houston (it's their largest alumni base), Dallas actually would have been a shorter distance to travel. 2) For the ESPN HD truck traveling from Bloomington, IN it's 803 miles to New Orleans and 873 miles to Dallas. Not that big of a difference so I don't really buy that. I can see it being made as an "excuse" but it's an extremely weak one. And Nashville would have been only 271 miles away.
In case you haven't watched the news this past week, I don't think hardly anyone from Houston is going to be road-tripping anywhere--

Why, what's going on in Houston?

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:06 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T16:17:18-06:00

Dick Harmon:

Some sniping that BYU “didn’t do enough” to get the game in Dallas or even bring it to a dry, sunny LaVell Edwards Stadium is both ignorant and an exercise in fantasy.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8656 ... -fans.html

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:17 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T14:55:32-06:00

Update: I saw posted online that BYU would have had a hard time getting their equipment to Florida on-time which would have made Orlando and Jacksonville difficult. Also, there is already a college game in Cowboys Stadium on Saturday, so they would have had to change the game date; unless they went for a double header!
The Dallas solution would have been to play at the Cotton Bowl, not at Cowboys Stadium.

Makes sense. Superdome trumps Cotton Bowl all day every day. Jerry (Jones) World is another story.

Statistics: Posted by Jarhead — Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:55 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T14:26:19-06:00

Update: I saw posted online that BYU would have had a hard time getting their equipment to Florida on-time which would have made Orlando and Jacksonville difficult. Also, there is already a college game in Cowboys Stadium on Saturday, so they would have had to change the game date; unless they went for a double header!

The Dallas solution would have been to play at the Cotton Bowl, not at Cowboys Stadium.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:26 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T14:25:41-06:00

Regarding proximity, I look at it two ways. 1) New Orleans is 348 miles from Houston while Dallas is only 242 hours. So for locals who were going to go to the game (if they're even able to get out of Houston), and LSU has a TON of fans in Houston (it's their largest alumni base), Dallas actually would have been a shorter distance to travel. 2) For the ESPN HD truck traveling from Bloomington, IN it's 803 miles to New Orleans and 873 miles to Dallas. Not that big of a difference so I don't really buy that. I can see it being made as an "excuse" but it's an extremely weak one. And Nashville would have been only 271 miles away.

In case you haven't watched the news this past week, I don't think hardly anyone from Houston is going to be road-tripping anywhere--the proximity/logistics concern only related to getting truck/staff from Indiana to the new site. Proximity was probably used to rule out Florida/Arizona more than to pick between Dallas and NOLA.

If proximity is a tie between Dallas and NOLA, it comes down to tickets, and NOLA is a no-brainer on selling tickets with less than a week to game day.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:25 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T14:18:29-06:00

Update: I saw posted online that BYU would have had a hard time getting their equipment to Florida on-time which would have made Orlando and Jacksonville difficult. Also, there is already a college game in Cowboys Stadium on Saturday, so they would have had to change the game date; unless they went for a double header!

Statistics: Posted by Jarhead — Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:18 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T13:52:47-06:00

While the decision was made by NRG and ESPN they definitely threw LSU a bone here. Of the 5 serious potential sites, Superdome was best for LSU, Dallas was best for BYU, and maybe Nashville and Orlando could have been viewed as showing no favoritism (I don't think Jacksonville was a major contender but they were contacted).

BYU SN looked at the weather forecast for each of these cities and Dallas had the best outlook. Only 20% chance of rain on game day with less rain the previous days than the other cities. Louisiana is starting to get a lot of rain now. Oh well.
I think it came down to (1) proximity--getting the ESPN HD truck and game crew there (who, other than on-air talent) are traveling from the game in Indiana on Thursday), and (2) ticket sales.

No way Dallas beat NOLA on those metrics.

I understand the ticket sales part. On such a short notice it's probably the local LSU fans that will buy up the tickets.

Regarding proximity, I look at it two ways. 1) New Orleans is 348 miles from Houston while Dallas is only 242 hours. So for locals who were going to go to the game (if they're even able to get out of Houston), and LSU has a TON of fans in Houston (it's their largest alumni base), Dallas actually would have been a shorter distance to travel. 2) For the ESPN HD truck traveling from Bloomington, IN it's 803 miles to New Orleans and 873 miles to Dallas. Not that big of a difference so I don't really buy that. I can see it being made as an "excuse" but it's an extremely weak one. And Nashville would have been only 271 miles away.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:52 pm

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T11:59:17-06:00

While the decision was made by NRG and ESPN they definitely threw LSU a bone here. Of the 5 serious potential sites, Superdome was best for LSU, Dallas was best for BYU, and maybe Nashville and Orlando could have been viewed as showing no favoritism (I don't think Jacksonville was a major contender but they were contacted).

BYU SN looked at the weather forecast for each of these cities and Dallas had the best outlook. Only 20% chance of rain on game day with less rain the previous days than the other cities. Louisiana is starting to get a lot of rain now. Oh well.

I think it came down to (1) proximity--getting the ESPN HD truck and game crew there (who, other than on-air talent) are traveling from the game in Indiana on Thursday), and (2) ticket sales.

No way Dallas beat NOLA on those metrics.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:59 am

Re: LSU gamed moved to New Orleans Superdome

2017-08-30T11:50:35-06:00

While the decision was made by NRG and ESPN they definitely threw LSU a bone here. Of the 5 serious potential sites, Superdome was best for LSU, Dallas was best for BYU, and maybe Nashville and Orlando could have been viewed as showing no favoritism (I don't think Jacksonville was a major contender but they were contacted).

BYU SN looked at the weather forecast for each of these cities and Dallas had the best outlook. Only 20% chance of rain on game day with less rain the previous days than the other cities. Louisiana is starting to get a lot of rain now. Oh well.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:50 am