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re: SEC Baseball tournament should consider moving to Pensacola
Posted on 5/24/23 at 9:00 am to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 5/24/23 at 9:00 am to SummerOfGeorge
Pensacola is a beautiful park and the area around it has really been spiffed up the last 10-15 years. Fun town and great area.
But the place seats 5,000 people. That's not even close to being enough.
But the place seats 5,000 people. That's not even close to being enough.
This post was edited on 5/24/23 at 9:00 am
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Posted on 5/24/23 at 9:14 am to SummerOfGeorge
CRAZY IDEA ALERT
We make a lot of money. For about $5-$7 million per team, we could build our own stadium. Instead of going to Minute Maid and Frisco or Dell each year, we could host our own tournaments. Clearly the end of the season Tournament.
We could also play a regional type tournament every week of the season with 4 rotating teams that aren’t on the perm/rotation. You could play every SEC team at least 1 game a year if you did this.
3 Perm Series (9)
6 Rotation Series (18)
2 Regional Series (6)
So 33 SEC games instead of 30.
“The Waffle House”
Get them to pay for the naming rights. Host enough games and the city (city with the best bid and location wins) will donate the land and maybe pay for a lot of the cost from the economic benefits.
You could also have a minor league team move there. You could have high school select teams come play there for tournaments.
You could do an SEC all star game there or pro days for scouts to come watch. Lots and lots of options to fund the idea and provide a benefit to the players and exposure.
Build the field with dimensions exactly like Omaha.. after all, that is the goal.
Yes, it’s crazy, but I like it.
We make a lot of money. For about $5-$7 million per team, we could build our own stadium. Instead of going to Minute Maid and Frisco or Dell each year, we could host our own tournaments. Clearly the end of the season Tournament.
We could also play a regional type tournament every week of the season with 4 rotating teams that aren’t on the perm/rotation. You could play every SEC team at least 1 game a year if you did this.
3 Perm Series (9)
6 Rotation Series (18)
2 Regional Series (6)
So 33 SEC games instead of 30.
“The Waffle House”
Get them to pay for the naming rights. Host enough games and the city (city with the best bid and location wins) will donate the land and maybe pay for a lot of the cost from the economic benefits.
You could also have a minor league team move there. You could have high school select teams come play there for tournaments.
You could do an SEC all star game there or pro days for scouts to come watch. Lots and lots of options to fund the idea and provide a benefit to the players and exposure.
Build the field with dimensions exactly like Omaha.. after all, that is the goal.
Yes, it’s crazy, but I like it.
This post was edited on 5/24/23 at 9:16 am
Posted on 5/24/23 at 1:50 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Pensacola is a beautiful park
But the place seats 5,000 people. That's not even close to being enough.
Totally agree on both points. I would love to see them expand that park. Regardless of the SEC, if they could get to 8000 along with some berms, it would serve them better in the long run with MILB as well. We catch a Blue Wahoo's game every year and its neat park with a great location.
On a totally unrelated note, I vote that the Florida Gators immediately change their name to the Blue Wahoos.
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