billikenfan05 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Where would you like to see a neutral A-10 tournament be played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenboy Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 How about corn country, Olean, New York? Not a chance huh... Good sites might be Philly, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Buffalo, or St. Louis. Just a thought!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 DC without a doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Charleston, SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Outside of Brooklyn, DC would be my choice. Baltimore, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 DC or Pittsburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonwich Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Orlando or New Orleans. A two-hour flight is a two-hour flight. Might as well go someplace fun and warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 DC would be the cheapest flight to get to from most places. Also a cool town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Orlando or New Orleans. A two-hour flight is a two-hour flight. Might as well go someplace fun and warm. This is what the West Coast Conference does. No teams in Vegas or even Nevada, but they make it a destination event in Las Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschkind Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 This is what the West Coast Conference does. No teams in Vegas or even Nevada, but they make it a destination event in Las Vegas. Charleston could be a bit like that for the A10. I think the best way to sell tickets would be DC. Without Temple, Philly doesn't have much cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 How about Salina, Kansas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Festus, Missouri has some nice spots. I recommend Gordon's Stoplight Diner. YUM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Also Boston or Baltimore could make a run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 This is what the West Coast Conference does. No teams in Vegas or even Nevada, but they make it a destination event in Las Vegas. The A-10 tried that with Atlantic City and it was a failure (and I say that as someone who went 3 times). Other cities might but better but I think cities with fans would be better (no problem with Philly or DC but why not Springfield, MA or Hartford, CT or Halifax, NS) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 How about Salina, Kansas? Winner. As long as coaches bring their PAYSTUBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Toronto, Canada I actually enjoyed Atlantic City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusakAttack Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Vegas or New Orleans. Realistically, DC or Atlantic City. AC was always a blast and dirty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 I really liked going to AC, I was thinking today that Columbus, OH would be a decent idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenboy Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Toronto? Now that is interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 No matter where you go, you're going to be a vagabond. So it really doesn't matter from a league's perspective, attendance will likely be the same no matter where we go. There might have been a bounce in NYC but I doubt it. I know I talked to a few Brooklynites who were there in the arena just to fulfill their basketball junkie habit. It wasn't that much but it will likely peak there. We lived through this in various stages over the past two decades. When we were in the MCC and the site was the old Market Square Arena, attendance mimicked what one saw in AC and Brooklyn. If a title game was between Detroit and Loyola, few showed. If it involved Xavier (which it always seemed to) maybe half the arena would be filled. Then in the Great Midwest and CUSA, we went to a rotational aspect that worked for some, not others. St. Louis hosted at Savvis in Jeff Harris' senior year and with a bad team, we bowed out early and the overall attendance was not good. But play it in Cincinnati or Louisville or Memphis and it was much different. Of course, this gave home court advantages to those teams but those teams also traveled well. The year we went to Birmingham was similar to St. Louis ---- but warmer so it was golf when we bowed out early there. Dayon got like three straight tournament hostings and that led to the eventual breakup of the GMW. Even with mediocre teams, Dayton was still playing at home and still getting an unfair advantage with th epotential prize a trip to the Dance. With one team in Ohio, I doubt Columbus is even considered. Plus it's Buckeye territory. St. Louis is the far western outpost -- forget it. And if both Dayton and Saint Louis up for "greener" pastures, the A10 would be foolish to move it past the Pennsylvania state line. Duquesne is inconsequential in Pittsburgh. Richmond might be too far south as St. Louis is west. W/o NYC, either Philly or DC becomes the A10's center of gravity. And Philly even less with Temple long gone. One also has to wonder what if any role the league HQ being in Norfolk plays? Probably not much but the first letter in A10 is "Atlantic." No matter the site, if you judge success by attendance, I think you lose. If you judge by amentities for fans, I'd go AC, DC, NYC and Philly. I think in that scenario, AC has the smallest costs to the traveller in terms of hotel rooms and all. Of course, you can't get there from here via air. Of course, this same issue exists in the current Big East in terms of remoteness for SLU fans because they are locked in at MSG. In the per diem wars I engage in, some of the cheapest cities for air fare and hotels are Vegas and Orlando. Of course, go there and the perception becomes "Sin City" and "Disney World." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Agree TAJ, its not going west of the Alleghenies. I always get this impression that the A10 treats us and Dayton like we have one foot out the door. This was evident when A10 selected Davidson over any number of schools west the Alleghenies (ie Belmont). Through the 90s I watched a lot of SoCon basketball, fun to watch among themselves but it is bad basketball. We have more of a chance landing a Larry Hughes level player then Davidson landing another Stephen Curry. I am happy that I will be able to catch a same day up and back game at Davidson. Best places for the A10 Tourney: First choice, Verizon Ctr, DC (if its available). Back up, bring it back to Atlantic City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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