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re: Hoover Met is a dump
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:37 pm to LSU GrandDad
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:37 pm to LSU GrandDad
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up and coming area. seems like it would be a real long walk from downtown tho. I can't wait to come up there again and go to a game. have many great memories of sounds games back in the day.
It's not a bad walk at all. It is downtown, just on the edge.
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Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:38 pm to Serraneaux
Play in Nashville!
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:39 pm to Earn Your Keep
Good thing the we don't have to worry about the SEC offices leaving then. Second favorite in Alabama is still well above LSU on the commisioners favorites totem pole.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:43 pm to BowlJackson
SEC office should move after the SEC Baseball tourney.
I say move it to Conneticut.
I say move it to Conneticut.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:50 pm to roadGator
quote:Community has supported it for years. It is absolutely not a dump. It is not the most central but it's central enough. The 3 biggest travelers; rv or not, are Ole Miss, LSU and MSU. Any place other than Hoover would be farther for any of those (remember - not every Ole Miss and MSU fan live in Oxford or Starkville). Can't say for sure, but I would think hotels in downtown Memphis or downtown Nashville would be more expensive than Hoover area.
Other than RV parking, why should it remain in Hoover?
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:51 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Auto Zone park would be the best place for it.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:53 pm to Diamondawg
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Community has supported it for years. It is absolutely not a dump. It is not the most central but it's central enough. The 3 biggest travelers; rv or not, are Ole Miss, LSU and MSU. Any place other than Hoover would be farther for any of those (remember - not every Ole Miss and MSU fan live in Oxford or Starkville). Can't say for sure, but I would think hotels in downtown Memphis or downtown Nashville would be more expensive than Hoover area.
So basically you don't want it to move because you don't want to travel.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 5:54 pm to Diamondawg
quote:this is absolutely the case.
Can't say for sure, but I would think hotels in downtown Memphis or downtown Nashville would be more expensive than Hoover area.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:04 pm to betweenthebara
Wtf is wrong with Hoover? I get not wanting to play there, but the city itself is nice.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:07 pm to Gary Busey
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Wtf is wrong with Hoover? I get not wanting to play there, but the city itself is nice.
Would you rather play/go see a game in this....
or this
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:08 pm to Diamondawg
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Any place other than Hoover would be farther for any of those (remember - not every Ole Miss and MSU fan live in Oxford or Starkville).
No but a lot of Ole Miss and State fans live in Memphis and Nashville.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:08 pm to roadGator
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Other than RV parking, why should it remain in Hoover?
One good reason is how good the attendance is in Hoover. How many of those fans do you really think traveled across states for a multi day college baseball conference tourney? The vast majority of attendees are locals. Hoover and the surrounding towns have money and are filled with fans and alumni from all the SEC schools. Growing up in Hoover the SEC tournament is a big weekend. A lot of people go and spend a whole day or weekend watching games that their team isn't even involved in. Hoover is also much more family friendly then any downtown stadiums. People take their whole families and make a family weekend out of going to the games. The Hoover Met might not be as nice as parks in Memphis or Nashville but I seriously doubt either of those parks could match the attendance Hoover.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:10 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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No but a lot of Ole Miss and State fans live in Memphis and Nashville.
You also pickup the other monster SEC fan base in Arkansas if you move it further west.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:11 pm to BowlJackson
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Hoover and the surrounding towns have money and are filled with fans and alumni from all the SEC schools.
Not as much as Memphis.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:11 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Autozone park looks nice but Memphis looks like Detroit 
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:13 pm to TheCheshireHog
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You also pickup the other monster SEC fan base in Arkansas if you move it further west.
Makes it closer for Ole Miss, State, Tennessee, LSU, Vandy, Arkansas, A&M and Mizzou.
So over half of the conference will have an easier time traveling and it would be in a much nicer stadium than Hoover provides. But nah. Keep it there because of tradishun.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:20 pm to TheCheshireHog
quote:I travel. Cancelled this year but normally, I would leave tomorrow, check into the RV park on Sunday evening and try to stay until Memorial Day. This is not a microeconomics issue (me) but a macro. You do understand the difference, right?
So basically you don't want it to move because you don't want to travel
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:22 pm to Henry Jones Jr
I doubt it. Rich alumni that move to cities to work don't live downtown. They move to suburbs like Hoover. They want to take their whole family to see their alma mater play a baseball game, but they don't want to have to deal with parking downtown and dragging their entire family through a downtown.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:37 pm to BowlJackson
I go to the SECT most years. It is definitely time to rotate it out of Hoover.
1. Most fans at those games are NOT local. The local turnout is very poor.
2. The park in Memphis is more SEC centrally located than Nashville or Bham/Hoover.
3. Memphis is definitely a more interesting destination than Hoover. Probably we could stay within walking distance in Memphis while that is not possible in Hoover.
I vote go to Memphis for 5 years or so.
1. Most fans at those games are NOT local. The local turnout is very poor.
2. The park in Memphis is more SEC centrally located than Nashville or Bham/Hoover.
3. Memphis is definitely a more interesting destination than Hoover. Probably we could stay within walking distance in Memphis while that is not possible in Hoover.
I vote go to Memphis for 5 years or so.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 6:47 pm to GeorgeWest
quote:That's just dumb. So, you just go on the weekend?
I go to the SECT most years. It is definitely time to rotate it out of Hoover.
1. Most fans at those games are NOT local. The local turnout is very poor.
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