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re: Explain to an outsider the deal with playing games in Little Rock.

Posted on 12/2/17 at 9:55 pm to
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 9:55 pm to
quote:

Little rock fans drive up and help fill DWRRS.

NWA fans don't drive to little rock to help fill up WMS.

Little Rock has the better fans. They drive for their team. NWA fans won't.

this.
Posted by BamaHog
Member since Nov 2017
134 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 9:57 pm to
Help an out of stater here. Have the owners of WMS committed to any renovations yet?

I think we can all agree it’s a dump. And a pretty embarrassing place to host games, particularly SEC games.
Posted by Smalls
Southern California
Member since Jul 2009
10294 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 9:59 pm to
How is WMS structurally? Have any upgrades taken place?
Posted by ThundrHawg
The Flagship™
Member since Sep 2010
3211 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 9:59 pm to
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Little rock fans drive up and help fill DWRRS.

NWA fans don't like to get mugged at WMS.

Little Rock has the better fans. They drive for their team. NWA fans value their life and property.


ftfy
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 9:59 pm to
Better facilities that NWA

NWA has a big dirt pile in the endzone.
Posted by RazorHawg
Member since Aug 2013
24506 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:00 pm to
quote:

Little rock fans drive up and help fill DWRRS. NWA fans don't drive to little rock to help fill up WMS. Little Rock has the better fans. They drive for their team. NWA fans won't.


Wrong

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Posted by Smalls
Southern California
Member since Jul 2009
10294 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:00 pm to
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SEC games


That was my thought. At some point, the conference might step in and say the stadium isn't acceptable.
Posted by DaleDenton
Member since Jun 2010
43520 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:01 pm to
The state has agreed the UofA can pay for all needed renovations so that it can meet the SEC's requirements for games.

Stephens will yet again send money east, instead of spending money here for the games he "loves".
Posted by King
Deep in the backwoods
Member since Sep 2008
18660 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:02 pm to
Us good ole boys ain't worried about life and property. We believe in the 2nd amendment.
Posted by King
Deep in the backwoods
Member since Sep 2008
18660 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:03 pm to
Fake news
Posted by RazorHawg
Member since Aug 2013
24506 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:04 pm to
They should. It’s not worthy of holding SEC games currently.
Posted by SmackoverHawg
Member since Oct 2011
30939 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:04 pm to
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How is WMS structurally? Have any upgrades taken place?

Ummm...kinda. It's not quite the shithole it once was, but it's still a shithole. And I grew up on Little Rock games living in NLR and then south AR. It's always seemed kind of a shithole to me. Razorback stadium is waaaaaay nicer. BUT...the tailgating at WMS is waaaaaay better. They need to create some space to tailgate in Fayetteville.

I enjoy games at both. I can't pick a favorite. Maybe I'm being sentimental but I still enjoy WMS games even though Razorback stadium is far and away better and Dickson street.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
139098 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:06 pm to
I smell an auburn alter
Posted by Smalls
Southern California
Member since Jul 2009
10294 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:10 pm to
Hardly.
Posted by BamaHog
Member since Nov 2017
134 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:15 pm to
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BUT...the tailgating at WMS is waaaaaay better.

It’s been two years since I moved, but Fayetteville was closing this gap pretty fast. You’re right, they need more space, but the Fayetteville tailgating atmosphere was pretty electric.

Having said that, the golf course sort of has a Grove type feeling. I’m not sure you can replicate that.
Posted by hilltophog
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Member since Sep 2016
1619 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:24 pm to
quote:

NWA fans don't drive to little rock to help fill up WMS.


quote:

Fans from northwest Arkansas make up a bigger portion of ticket sales for Razorbacks football games held in Little Rock than fans from the southeast and southwest areas of the state combined....


NWA fans show up

Posted by RazorHawg
Member since Aug 2013
24506 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:28 pm to
Doesn’t fit the narrative for the LR folks
Posted by King
Deep in the backwoods
Member since Sep 2008
18660 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 10:38 pm to
Like I said. Fake news
Posted by Senior Sidewalker
Member since Oct 2017
722 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 11:23 pm to
We checked the numbers on that. It is false

Feel free to provide your own data
Posted by hilltophog
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Member since Sep 2016
1619 posts
Posted on 12/2/17 at 11:36 pm to
central arkansas doesn't support football anymore. the supposed "best team in state" had an important playoff game today and the attendance was embarrassing -





the conway cubs might have won if there were better fans in central arkansas.
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