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Tuscaloosa Will Be Home to Sports Illustrated’s First College Town Resort
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:10 pm
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Think Tuscaloosa is already the ultimate experience in college sports, especially when one of the University of Alabama teams is in action? Even so, the bar is about to get raised again, this time by one of the biggest names in sports media.
Wednesday morning, Sports Illustrated launched its new line of college town resorts by announcing that the first will be built in Tuscaloosa, home to the Alabama Crimson Tide. The facility on the northern side of the Black Warrior River at Rice Mine Loop, is slated to open in "late 2025."
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Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:12 pm to AHM21
No titty bar? No care...
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:13 pm to AHM21
I remember when SI was a magazine.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:15 pm to AHM21
Is this satire? Why would you want to go on vacation in Tuscaloosa?
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:18 pm to AHM21
I suppose Tuscaloosa will be a family-friendly resort?
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:19 pm to AHM21
So it’s pretty much ESPN Zone with a pool?
Hope they don’t add a Sportsbook. REC would eat bigly
Hope they don’t add a Sportsbook. REC would eat bigly
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:20 pm to MrWalkingMan
I didn't see a mention of a sportsbook which I found surprising. That's the only way I could see this working.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:21 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Why would you want to go on vacation in Tuscaloosa?
I’m with ya. Goes for just about any SEC town not named Nashville. But more beds for home games wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:24 pm to AHM21
Ah there it is. I heard a rumour about a "Sports illustrated hotel" coming to Fayetteville. I thought it was some weird mis-hearing of a conversation that I got secondhand.
Looks like some kind of Indian Casino "resort"hotel.
Hope we don't get one.
Looks like some kind of Indian Casino "resort"hotel.
Hope we don't get one.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:26 pm to AHM21
Sounds like a corporate hellscape… the trash sidewalk fans in AL will love it though. Throw in a D&B and Margaritaville.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:27 pm to AHM21
Bama couples will come from as far away as Demopolis to honeymoon there
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:28 pm to MetryMauler
I remember when the SI swimsuit issue was worth buying.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:33 pm to AHM21
SI went woke and now they have to change their business model. Pathetic.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:33 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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I didn't see a mention of a sportsbook which I found surprising.
Have you been to Alabama? The baptists won’t even let us have a lottery.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:36 pm to AHM21
They should have done that earlier at the height of Bama's dominance. Kind of striking out on the downside of the gold rush.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:37 pm to AHM21
Why that hell hole
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:39 pm to AHM21
Unfortunately.
Will be about 1/2 mile from my home. I would have much preferred it remained timber.
Tuscaloosa has grown way too much. I wish about a third of the people here would move away and never return.
Will be about 1/2 mile from my home. I would have much preferred it remained timber.
Tuscaloosa has grown way too much. I wish about a third of the people here would move away and never return.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:50 pm to rebelrouser
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SI went woke and now they have to change their business model. Pathetic.
The end of SI was being acquired by a VC firm.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:52 pm to AlextheBodacious
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The end of SI was being acquired by a VC firm.
Well, that and the fact that magazine purchases and subscriptions have fallen off a cliff.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:52 pm to AHM21
Have you ever actually set foot in Tuscaloosa? I don't think this will end up like the pictures show.
I envision something more along these lines:
Or this
I envision something more along these lines:
Or this
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 1:55 pm
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