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re: Eight more years until the SECCG moves to DFW
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:05 pm to Dallaswho
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:05 pm to Dallaswho
Media days were held within a few miles of the SEC Offices in Birmingham for most of their existence. Atlanta 2 hours from Birmingham, maybe 2.5. Nashville is 3, Maybe 3.5. Dallas is 9.5 - 10. New Orleans is 6. SEC Media Days was held in Atlanta in 2017. There is a very obvious reason the SECCG is in Atlanta....its 2 hours from Birmingham and has the airport, the stadium and the hotels to handle an event that size. Nashville may host the game at some point but Nashville does not have the airport, is 3 hours from Birmingham, and certainly does not have the hotels (you can stay in a 4 star hotel in Manhattan for about the same money as a Motel 6 in Nashville).
Dallas has the airport(s) and the hotels...but is 9 hours from Birmingham. Ain't gonna happen, not anytime soon and certainly not permanently. Texas and OU fans are going to have to come to grips with the fact that SEC HQ is 54 miles from Bryant Denny Stadium. If there was an airport in Alabama and a real city with enough hotels the game would be in Alabama because everything in the SEC revolves around Tuscaloosa, not Austin, not Norman....the only reason the game is in Atlanta is because its almost as close as Tuscaloosa and can accomodate it.
Dallas has the airport(s) and the hotels...but is 9 hours from Birmingham. Ain't gonna happen, not anytime soon and certainly not permanently. Texas and OU fans are going to have to come to grips with the fact that SEC HQ is 54 miles from Bryant Denny Stadium. If there was an airport in Alabama and a real city with enough hotels the game would be in Alabama because everything in the SEC revolves around Tuscaloosa, not Austin, not Norman....the only reason the game is in Atlanta is because its almost as close as Tuscaloosa and can accomodate it.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:55 pm to AwgustaDawg
Don’t forget that Jerry Jones is the owner of a tiny little venue and is an Arkansas alum (and he will remind you he played football there). I can see DFW becoming the new ATL…
Posted on 5/2/24 at 8:02 pm to AwgustaDawg
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Nashville does not have the airport
But, somehow, the little airport has a Hilton inside it, and it and the Nashville hotels support NFL and NHL games at the same as well as 250k people for CMAs every year. Why do people talk about what they don't know?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 8:05 pm to AwgustaDawg
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Nashville does not have the airport, is 3 hours from Birmingham, and certainly does not have the hotels (you can stay in a 4 star hotel in Manhattan for about the same money as a Motel 6 in Nashville).
Nashville has enough of everything. Come on, man.
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