re: SEC Baseball tournament should consider moving to Pensacola

Pensacola is a great town but this is a terrible idea. I go down there about once a month for business. My office is a few blocks north of the pics you posted.

There is 1 hotel in downtown that doesn't suck. It is a Holiday Inn express but a pretty decent one. Palafox is fun and there are tons of restaurants and bars but the hotels to support this tournament are on the beach.

Pensacola beach is about 20-25 minutes from downtown because you have to go through Gulf Breeze.

And no one stays on Pensacola Beach during Memorial Day. The reason? There is a huge gay pride event and they take over all the hotels and restaurants on the beach. I've never been down there during Memorial Day but I would assume a good portion of this spills over to downtown and Palafox because the restaurants and bars are superior and more plentiful than on the beach.

This doesn't address the other concerns about the small size of the venue.

The airport is very small but it is not bad. Since it is so small it is easy to get through security but few food or bar options once you get in.