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re: 1.4 Billion reasons SEC CCG will not move so quit making threads.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:17 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:17 am to Cheese Grits
Atlanta is the capital of the south and has the resources and infrastructure to handle a large event like the SECCG every year. The location is reasonably close to every SEC school excluding the two new western additions and LSU to some degree. It makes sense.
Sure New Orleans, Nashville, or Houston could host it as well but Atlanta is a great place to host it. I just don't see the need to make it rotate.
Sure New Orleans, Nashville, or Houston could host it as well but Atlanta is a great place to host it. I just don't see the need to make it rotate.
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Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:28 am to Duke
I don't know why, but this is one of the few "offseason" topics that I enjoy and post in almost every time it comes up.
IMO, New Orleans is the best city in the South (and arguably in the country) for hosting major sporting events. I have been to a bunch and I absolutely loved the Sugar Bowl (which was before I lived in NOLA).
That being said, Atlanta makes the most sense for the SECCG. Having the event in the same place every years gives it more of a feeling of tradition and history. And Atlanta is fairly centrally located and has a huge airport for the fans who don't want to drive. The SECCG has been there for over twenty years. They are building a new domed stadium. It really is the center of the CFB world at this point, esp w/ the new CFB HOF.
Anywhere in Texas in too out of the way for most of the conference. St. Louis is even worse geographically.
From a location standpoint Birmingham makes sense, but there is no infrastructure. Nashville would actually be pretty sweet if they had a dome. People prefer domes for more corporate events like this. And as I said before I love NOLA, but it has the Sugar Bowl and is less centrally located than Atlanta.
IMO, New Orleans is the best city in the South (and arguably in the country) for hosting major sporting events. I have been to a bunch and I absolutely loved the Sugar Bowl (which was before I lived in NOLA).
That being said, Atlanta makes the most sense for the SECCG. Having the event in the same place every years gives it more of a feeling of tradition and history. And Atlanta is fairly centrally located and has a huge airport for the fans who don't want to drive. The SECCG has been there for over twenty years. They are building a new domed stadium. It really is the center of the CFB world at this point, esp w/ the new CFB HOF.
Anywhere in Texas in too out of the way for most of the conference. St. Louis is even worse geographically.
From a location standpoint Birmingham makes sense, but there is no infrastructure. Nashville would actually be pretty sweet if they had a dome. People prefer domes for more corporate events like this. And as I said before I love NOLA, but it has the Sugar Bowl and is less centrally located than Atlanta.
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