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re: The Annual "Ballparks that are better than Hoover" Thread.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 8:52 am to scott8811
Posted on 5/23/24 at 8:52 am to scott8811
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Same people that support blue laws no doubt....if I don't enjoy it you shouldn't either. I don't want to go out in a fun city so we don't need to move it! I just want to park in my same spot, put on my headphones and record stats for 12 solid hours.... playing in Hoover is fine!!
Same people who cried with Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy. It's ok though, there's an Olive Garden near the RV area.
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Posted on 5/23/24 at 8:53 am to scott8811
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Same people that support blue laws no doubt....if I don't enjoy it you shouldn't either. I don't want to go out in a fun city so we don't need to move it! I just want to park in my same spot, put on my headphones and record stats for 12 solid hours.... playing in Hoover is fine!!
Post is dripping with irony.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 8:54 am to GetCocky11
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It's ok though, there's an Olive Garden near the RV area.
You morons might want to look at a map of the area near the Hoover Met since you obviously aren't attending the tourney.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 8:56 am to imjustafatkid
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Post is dripping with irony.
How?
Posted on 5/23/24 at 8:57 am to imjustafatkid
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You morons might want to look at a map of the area near the Hoover Met since you obviously aren't attending the tourney.
Hoover Met Complex RV Park
1030 RV Trace, Hoover, AL 35244
Take Ben Chapman Dr to Stadium Trace Pkwy
2 min (0.5 mi)
Take AL-150 E/John Hawkins Pkwy to Merchants Dr
8 min (3.9 mi)
Take Galleria Cir to your destination
2 min (0.4 mi)
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
3450 Galleria Cir, Hoover, AL 35244
This post was edited on 5/23/24 at 8:57 am
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:01 am to scott8811
No need to move the tournament anywhere.
The upgrades they’ve added this year tells me the tournament isn’t going anywhere in the next few years.
The Finley Center rt beside the stadium is a huge draw. Families can go in there and let the kids play while they cool off and watch on the big screens.
Huge parking lots with plenty of room to tailgate.
Kids playground with a splash pad
Massive RV park with fans from every school hanging out together cooking, drinking and enjoying the high level baseball you get here
The upgrades they’ve added this year tells me the tournament isn’t going anywhere in the next few years.
The Finley Center rt beside the stadium is a huge draw. Families can go in there and let the kids play while they cool off and watch on the big screens.
Huge parking lots with plenty of room to tailgate.
Kids playground with a splash pad
Massive RV park with fans from every school hanging out together cooking, drinking and enjoying the high level baseball you get here
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:08 am to Tight 10
When you have to mention parking lots in 2 of your 4 bulliet points, it's time to look elsewhere
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:09 am to GetCocky11
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Hoover Met Complex RV Park
1030 RV Trace, Hoover, AL 35244
Take Ben Chapman Dr to Stadium Trace Pkwy
2 min (0.5 mi)
Take AL-150 E/John Hawkins Pkwy to Merchants Dr
8 min (3.9 mi)
Take Galleria Cir to your destination
2 min (0.4 mi)
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
3450 Galleria Cir, Hoover, AL 35244
You'd have to pass about 30 other restaurants and bars to get there. That's a low estimate.
This post was edited on 5/23/24 at 9:15 am
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:10 am to scott8811
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When you have to mention parking lots in 2 of your 4 bulliet points, it's time to look elsewhere
Parking is a primary consideration for something like the sec baseball tournament.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:13 am to scott8811
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How?
This is what you said:
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if I don't enjoy it you shouldn't either. I don't want to go out in a fun city so we don't need to move it! I just want to park in my same spot, put on my headphones and record stats for 12 solid hours.... playing in Hoover is fine!!
You're advocating for the tournament to move somewhere that you prefer and against keeping the tournament somewhere SEC baseball fans actually enjoy, while trying to make the absolutely incorrect statement that those other people are doing this same thing.
If you'd actually been to Hoover recently, you'd realize the very things you're looking for exist there.
This post was edited on 5/23/24 at 9:14 am
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:14 am to scott8811
You have no idea what you’re talking about when it comes to hosting a tournament this size.
There’s more to it than having a “cool” looking field with nice restaurants nearby.
There’s more to it than having a “cool” looking field with nice restaurants nearby.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:14 am to imjustafatkid
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You'd have to pass about 30 other restaurants and bars to get there.
That has nothing to do with what I said
You're very defensive of Hoover, Alabama.
This post was edited on 5/23/24 at 9:16 am
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:20 am to BZ504
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Alex Box Stadium.
Might as well go to a landfill and play baseball then
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:20 am to rtr23242526
you have to keep in mind the hotels as well
I remember when New Orleans was trying to bid on it, there is basically no hotels in the footprint of where that park is
The thing that makes Hoover so hospitable is the hotel footprint to house all 12, soon to be 16 teams.
I remember when New Orleans was trying to bid on it, there is basically no hotels in the footprint of where that park is
The thing that makes Hoover so hospitable is the hotel footprint to house all 12, soon to be 16 teams.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 9:33 am to Tight 10
Fine...I quit. Let's keep it in Hoover because parking lots. Of all the iconic cities in the south well send our boys to Hoover, AL to close the season. Until the boomer crowd dies out and we move it to a destination that afford a great experience during and after games.... cause God forbid we strive for both
Posted on 5/23/24 at 10:12 am to scott8811
Biloxi or Huntsville
Posted on 5/23/24 at 10:27 am to scott8811
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Until the boomer crowd dies out and we move it to a destination that afford a great experience during and after games.... cause God forbid we strive for both
We have both now.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 10:35 am to GetCocky11
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That has nothing to do with what I said
Sure guy. I clearly misunderstood this comment to be disparaging of the amenities near the Hoover Met.
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It's ok though, there's an Olive Garden near the RV area.
Obviously, this was meant to be complimentary. You obviously weren't trying to say that the only reason to have the tourney in Hoover is because there are subpar chain restaurants in the area that you believe people who own RVs would enjoy. Silly me.
This post was edited on 5/23/24 at 10:36 am
Posted on 5/23/24 at 10:36 am to scott8811
Depends on what your definition of great experience is.
This tournament is run top notch with a great environment.
I’m 35 yrs old by the way so not sure I qualify as a boomer.
This tournament is run top notch with a great environment.
I’m 35 yrs old by the way so not sure I qualify as a boomer.
Posted on 5/23/24 at 11:06 am to jamespatterson
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Sauget, Illinois
FFS. Now somebody is suggesting that they move the SEC tournament to Illinois.
I just thought this place had reached peak idiocracy.
Everyone who has commented in this thread who has actually attended the tournament in Hoover has said they had a great time and the venue was fine.
Everyone who never has and never will attend the SEC tournament says it sucks.
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