Detroit bidding to host CFB tltle games at Ford Field
Detroit is joining the list of cities bidding to host the CFB Championship games in 2018-2020. I hope they get one. Home field advantage for Michigan in the title game would be great. Also, it's close to my house
Ford Field really is a fantastic venue. Unfortunately the fact that it will be played in early January in Detroit is not too enticing. Strictly on venue, it is the second best place in B1G country to host the championship game (behind Indy). I feel that weather still is a big factor in them choosing a place over how good the venue is. I mean Tampa and their mediocre stadium got a bid.
Screw the inside thing, I want to see FSU and FSUTwitter freezing their asses off at Soldier Field. Obviously will never happen but would be hilarious.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
I kinda wish the Lions still played there. I went to a game there when I was something like 7 years old, but it was a much better venue than Ford Field.
Ever heard of tourism?
has hosted the Super Bowl and a Final Four recently. The city gets major convention business for the Auto Show and the Tecno Fest draws people from all around the world.
We're nowhere near being back to a worldclass city, but your views are somewhat outdated. Downtown is beautiful and safe and there is plenty to do outside of sporting events.
I love me some Detroit.
Also, Ford Field has a roof.
It wouldn't be outside because it has a roof?
As noted above, Detroit has hosted big events and has the downtown to do so. The game is a guaranteed sell out with all those butts having to fly into Detroit, travel, stay at hotels in Detroit, eat in Detroit, etc. A ton of cash in-flow for the city at minimal cost.
Do you think that the game wouldn't sell out? Hell, even if Michigan wasn't playing in it there's enough CFB fans in the immediate area to buy up all the tickets.
And screw Florida, Arizona, Louisiana, and Texas. I don't care if it's warm there, those states are backwards shitholes (certain major metropolitan areas excepted of course).
California is nice though.
Yeah Cali - I have to disagree with you on that one. It wouldn't be a lot of money spent (this isn't like an Olympic bid where lots of construction is necesary) and it would be a great return.
Also - I've been spending a lot of time in your hood lately. I have a big account on Balboa at the 101 and one of my biggest clients there is a double Wolverine (wife went to Michigan, both kids go to H-W).
you feel...the love...tonight.../s
It's a good idea to get into these pools for possible sites as the city slowly but surely tries to regain some footing though and Detroit has a nice - if perhaps small-ish for playoff purposes - venue in which to play a game and a much improved downtown even since the Super Bowl and the Final Four. Whether it ends up here or not, I really like that the city is confident enough to put a bid in and see what happens.
By 2018 the new arena district will be finished and the city has done well at hosting the Final Four, Super Bowl and World Series.
This won't happen for a while (Detroit in general, not the Silverdome). People like to go to warm places in the winter. First of all, SEC country and Texas are just more into college football than the Midwest (maybe not by a large margin, but they are) and midwesterners are much more likely to head South in January than the other way around. If I was looking at it from an unbiased perspective, I would wait on the tier 2 places like Detroit until after I've hit all the tier 1 places (Dallas, Arizona, Atlanta, Miami, LA/SD, New Orleans).
It would be nice if Chicago had an indoor stadium - I think that would be a pretty desireable location.
The Rose Bowl, which hosted the final BCS title game in 2014, will not be hosting the College Football Playoff championship anytime soon -- or maybe ever.
The Tournament of Roses said Thursday it would not bid on the next three CFP championship games spanning 2018 through 2020 because "our structure is incompatible with the bid requirements."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12747890/rose-bowl-not-bid-cfp-title-game-host
So it's more than the cold. Chicago has a more hotels, shops, places to eat. That's why Indianapolis gets more events, sporting or not, and Detroit now has competition for which auto show the car companies will have a major presence at.
This only changes if the hotels, shops and eateries accompany the new Red Wings arena.
They have no roof. I believe that is a deal breaker.
But that's just how college football is. College football games are more fun when played outside, and outdoor football games are more fun when the weather is nice. Also, visiting cities where college football is being played is more fun when there are other nice (outdoor) things to do.
I know not every single person agrees with the above statements, but that's the consensus. Some of you guys might like to see a game played in the snow and those of you living in Michigan think that that location is great, but that's the strong minority of thought. If your average fan is buy 2-4 plane tickets and getting a hotel, he'd rather it be in LA or MIami where he can make a vacation out of it than Detroit.
I'm sure the NCAA will throw the Midwest a bone every handful of years and do an Indy or Detroit, but I wouldn't count on that being soon or often.
that was played in Detroit? The city did a helluva job hosting that event, and downtown is a lot nicer than it was a decade ago.
Hosting the title game would give the city and its businesses a nice cash infusion, even after expenses. As for the weather, it's a crap shoot. But it was cold and snowy in 06 and people had a great time at the SB.
Also, the prospect of playing for the title 30 mins from A2 will serve as a little extra motivation for our team to play hard and win every game that year.
It'll go to either Indianapolis or Detroit. World class indoor stadiums, proven track record of hosting a Super Bowl, and in the middle of B1G country which is football saavy. Detroit's rep for big events has gone immeasurably up since the Super Bowl, Final Four, and Frozen Four. Plus the NCAA isn't *as* image concious as the NFL in terms of celebrity pandering to SEXY locales, so as long as there's sufficient hotel rooms (there are), an infrastructure in place (there is), an energized local fan base to provide the volunteer and entertainment services (check), and a sufficient corporate base to draw sponsorship moneys from, both Detroit and Indy are strong contenders. I'd put Indy ahead of Detroit right now since some of Detroit's entertainment draw is tied to casinos (not the image the NCAA wants of the starting QB photo'd playing $100 hands of blackjack at the Greektown Casino two nights before the big game), Indy's in the NCAA HQ's backyard, and Indy would probably be seen as slightly more neutral ground than Detroit for some southern schools. Detroit's more football centric, has more people, is more associated with big time collegiate football (both Mich & MSU), has hosted a bowl game, and isn't associated with the Final Four rotation that Indy is. Plus even in the current economic climate, Detroit Auto probably still has more sponsorship dollars than Eli Lilly and whatever else is in Indy.
metro area has about 5.7 million people in it, making it the 11th most populous in the country. 14 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered here, so there's plenty of money.
Taken as a whole, Indy doesn't hold a candle to Detroit and SE Michigan.
The main advantage Indy has is that the city is essentially a convention center. There is no real downton or urban grwoth that is not centered around a "central local for people to gather." It is one of those center of the state, not a port of commerce unnatural developments like Columbus. Ugly in its central planning, but good at gathering people.
That is the best thing Indy has going for it aside from the other things you mentioned that are tied between the two cities. The advantages of Detroit over Indy are numerous:
1. Cooler a/k/a hipper locale.
2. More people and more money.
3. No protesting due to potentially anti-gay laws.
4. Major airline Hub.
5. Bigger college football state.
Etc.
I can't imagine that, if you stacked up the two cities side by side there would be many things in favor of Indy.
I'm not sure how that compares to all the other venues. I think they had to get creative to add enough seats to make their Super Bowl bid work.
Personally, I'd love to see the game played in Charlotte. A "real" downtown with a lot of hotels and restaurants.....all of which are walkable to the stadium. It has an airline hub so you can probably get direct flights from most cities.
I think that the biggest draw is that it's not really Northern (10ish hour drive from A2) or Southern (6ish hour drive from Tuscaloosa). The high temp would probably be in the high 40's in early January....colder for a night game. While it's technically in the South, the weather and conditions would be pretty neutral.
I currently live in Jacksonville and I'm pretty sure that the city will be bidding on the NCG. The director of the Gator Bowl is often on the radio talking about it. JAX isn't nearly as nice as Charlotte in terms of downtown and convenience......but the weather would be a little better.
2 ACC Championship Games. That downtown is clean, beautiful, and convenient. I'll gladly make the trip there any time I have a good reason to. Also, Charlotte's weather is almost identical to Atlanta's, so yeah, there would be about a 10% chance of an ice storm, but otherwise, fairly mild in December. Perfect football weather.
Im a true state of Michigan fan but i would like to keep the Championship game somewhere where the weather is Nice.
Since the CFB title game is now after the holiday season, weather and tourist attractions should not play a larger role than it does in the selection of Super Bowl locations. Most people will only fly in for the weekend, and there's now plenty of things for people to do in and around Detroit for 2 or 3 days. I would expect a midwest venue (Minny, Indy or Detroit) to get the game every 4 or 5 years, so I'd expect FF to host the title game in the next decade or so.