OT: The Other Sports Thread Part X

[sparkle twin]

Paraphrasing Senator Everett Dirkson?

I saw the current stadium yesterday. What is wrong with it? Too old? Not enough club seats or luxury boxes? Seats are too cheap?

I was at the Preds stadium game and the bathrooms and concourses were definitely outdated. They really need escalators, too.

It's not a bad stadium, but definitely needs the upgrades.

 

[Gnashville]

Yet among the reasons given to justify a new facility include leaks through the concrete. The "it's falling apart" schtick is common when teams want a new facility. Meanwhile privately owned Wrigley has bricks falling into the stands.



A crazy idea is that a conference championship or a Super Bowl is possible in an outdoor facility. The halftime show and trophy presentation should be secondary to the game ... and used to be once upon a time. There is a correlation between teams finding public funding rather than paying for their own facilities and the ever increasing demands on what those stadiums should have.

It’s more the cold weather than anything. The Super Bowl was in Tampa last year. SB is an event with huge halftime show and production outside of the game. In 40 degrees with rain that’s not exactly too much fun.

 

[Gnashville]

And Beam played his high school games on David Price Field.
In a couple years, Carter Gregory will also be pitching at UT, but his dad played football there. That kid is also a beast, 16 years old and will likely hit 90 mph before the season is out. In fairness he's already a grown man at 6'3" 215lbs.

Hopefully Drew Jones decides to play college ball and restores some balance to the force. Watching the UT baseball bandwagon grow is funny given how they have shown zero respect to what Tim Corbin has built for over a decade. Corbin turned Knox Farragut into his own minor league for a while. So losing a few kids to the second rate program in the State isn’t an issue yet.

 

[101st_fan]

It’s more the cold weather than anything. The Super Bowl was in Tampa last year. SB is an event with huge halftime show and production outside of the game. In 40 degrees with rain that’s not exactly too much fun.

Putting extracurriculars ahead of the game. So many of the great moments in NFL history are in the cold. The recent deciding games are protected from that.

 

[Adz]

There was an era from like the late 60's into the 90's where arena and stadium construction got really bad. The buildings were designed and built quickly and cheaply and all of them needed to come down in 20-30 years.

There was a shift toward more sustainable projects though and Nashville is a strange case. Bridgestone is a building that was designed to last. It's meant to be updated over time and is still looking good into the foreseeable future.

Nissan on the other hand, which is actually a couple years newer, was built on the cheap and was mostly outdated on opening day. They've put as much lipstick on that pig as they can get.

The next stadium should be a lot better and last a lot longer.

I have often wondered if the fact that the tornado came through and basically made them have to start construction over made them cut some corners. I went by that stadium on a daily basis while they were building it taking JB to school and while not completely leveled it was no easy fix.

I went to the stadium for a few soccer games and then for the stadium series. It's definitely designed for outdoor use. I thought the bathrooms were fine, liked that there were elevators, but the furnishings were utilitarian. It wasn't awful, but it definitely needs a retractable roof so rebuilding works for me.

 

[Gnashville]

Putting extracurriculars ahead of the game. So many of the great moments in NFL history are in the cold. The recent deciding games are protected from that.

I agree but the NFL considers the Super Bowl it’s glitter and Hollywood event and wants it in a warm environment. They did the NY thing in the cold once after 9-11 but it is not happening again. Nissan stadium has exactly the same design as the one in Tampa, one has hosted multiple SB’s and the other will not. I think Goodell was impressed with the Draft here and would put Nashville in the regular SB 5 year rotation with a domed stadium.

 

[LCPreds]

I’m not sure how much I care about the super bowl as I have a feeling it would be really difficult to get a ticket. Maybe there are a lot of events around a super bowl that would be cool though.

What I’d really be interested in is the possibility of getting a final four. That would be so awesome and I know it’s not impossible or crazy expensive to get in.

 

[adsfan]

I agree but the NFL considers the Super Bowl it’s glitter and Hollywood event and wants it in a warm environment. They did the NY thing in the cold once after 9-11 but it is not happening again. Nissan stadium has exactly the same design as the one in Tampa, one has hosted multiple SB’s and the other will not. I think Goodell was impressed with the Draft here and would put Nashville in the regular SB 5 year rotation with a domed stadium.

Minneapolis had two SBs in their domed stadiums, 1991 in the Metrodome, which was a poorly constructed stadium and in 2018 in US Bank Stadium, but that is a cold weather city.

Detroit (Pontiac) had one SB. I would not describe either city as glittery.

I don't think there is a 5 year rotation. At the start, it was LA, Miami and NO. It took 8 years to get to Houston and 8 more for Pontiac and an additional 2 years (18 total) to play in Tampa.

In the last 16 years, Miami has 3 SBs, 2007, 2010 and 2020; Tampa 2009 & 2021; Glendale AZ in 2008 & 2015; Texas (Arlington) in 2011 and Houston in 2017; Indianapolis in 2012; New Orleans in 2013; NYC (NJ) 2014; California (Santa Clara) in 2016 and Inglewood (LA) in 2022; Minneapolis in 2018; and Atlanta in 2019.

That is 12 different cities in the last 16 years. The 2023 SB is back in Glendale, 2024 is in Las Vegas; with 2025 in New Orleans, 12 years since their last one.

 

[adsfan]

I’m not sure how much I care about the super bowl as I have a feeling it would be really difficult to get a ticket. Maybe there are a lot of events around a super bowl that would be cool though.

What I’d really be interested in is the possibility of getting a final four. That would be so awesome and I know it’s not impossible or crazy expensive to get in.

I heard that the cheap tickets for the last SB were $4000.

I went to two Frozen Fours for men's hockey and the tickets were dirt cheap by comparison.

 

[WartracePred]

Hopefully Drew Jones decides to play college ball and restores some balance to the force. Watching the UT baseball bandwagon grow is funny given how they have shown zero respect to what Tim Corbin has built for over a decade. Corbin turned Knox Farragut into his own minor league for a while. So losing a few kids to the second rate program in the State isn’t an issue yet.

Says the guy who calls UT's coach arrogant. How often do second rate programs achieve a #1 ranking?

 

[Jonesey]

Says the guy who calls UT's coach arrogant. How often do second rate programs achieve a #1 ranking?

At least once.

 

[Gnashville]

Says the guy who calls UT's coach arrogant. How often do second rate programs achieve a #1 ranking?

Once in 100 plus years.

In this state they are Second place until they hoist a Trophy. Enjoy it in April Vanderbilt has been ranked #1 many times in April with nothing to show for it.

 

[triggrman]

Vandy still gets its share of middle Tenn players. Cade Law is legit. I know his family, played a lot of ball with his Dad, his granddads was my coach. Nick has played a ton against Ethan Robinson, and we just played against Jie King at Ravenwood, he seems like a great kid. Hell the youngest Denton, just took Nick yard, and I’m sure the youngest McElvain will end up at Vandy.

Some of those guys though are high maintenance

 

[Gnashville]

Vandy still gets its share of middle Tenn players. Cade Law is legit. I know his family, played a lot of ball with his Dad, his granddads was my coach. Nick has played a ton against Ethan Robinson, and we just played against Jie King at Ravenwood, he seems like a great kid. Hell the youngest Denton, just took Nick yard, and I’m sure the youngest McElvain will end up at Vandy.
Some of those guys though are high maintenance

I do not know what happened to Vanderbilt they seem to have started recruiting nationally and let some of the local kids get away.
Tennessee would be a likable team if their coach did act like Brian Billick from 2001 and the fans were not like 2010 three beers in bandwagon Blackhawks fans that never saw the sport until “they” started winning.

 

[Predsanddead24]

 

[triggrman]

Drew Beam, complete game 2 hit shutout.

 

[triggrman]

 

[Jonesey]

Little brother is mad that big brother is finally better than them at their own game.. well, every game at the current moment.

 

[triggrman]

 

[triggrman]

That's all D1 baseball.

 

[Jonesey]

That's all D1 baseball.

That's not including our best pitcher who's just now coming back from injury. Oh, those three above will also be back next year barring a transfer.

 

[triggrman]

That's not including our best pitcher who's just now coming back from injury. Oh, those three above will also be back next year barring a transfer.

Drew will be the best pitcher

 

[Jonesey]

Drew will be the best pitcher

He's certainly looked the part so far.

 

[Gnashville]

Little brother is mad that big brother is finally better than them at their own game.. well, every game at the current moment.

#1 Arkansas Swept Mississippi St in Starkville April of last year BTW
Keep talking Baseball is a game that eventually humbles.

 

[Predsanddead24]

#1 Arkansas Swept Mississippi St in Starkville April of last year BTW
Keep talking Baseball is a game that eventually humbles.

I mean you were the one who started all this (at least on here) by insulting UTs program and its fans so you gotta at least be able to take the trash talk back.

I also saw a good tweet that said "Imagine thinking another teams fanbase is obnoxious when you have the whistler as part of yours".