Where should nationals be held?

[PortaJohn]

My top 5. No paticular order

Vegas, Phoenix, Tampa, Miami, San Diego

[Gus]

I went in 2010 to Omaha and thought it was a great time. Any reason the tournament has not been back to Omaha since?

[ionel]

32 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Cincinnati 

Cleveland

Chicago

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia 

Baltimore

The Lehigh Valley

Was sure there'd be a:

LA on astroturf 

[Fadzaev2]

I like St. Louis, Kansas City Okla City sprinkled in.

[98lberEating2Lunches]

40 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

Except the trains stop before the end of Nats, Caps, and Wizards games so I imagine the same would occur for NCAA attendees.

Fake news.  Last Train Departures from Chinatown.

 M-Th, Fr, Sat, Sun.

Branch Ave	11:53 PM	12:53 AM	12:53 AM	11:53 PM
Red Line Glenmont	12:08 AM	1:08 AM	1:08 AM	12:08 AM
Green Line Greenbelt	12:16 AM	1:16 AM	1:16 AM	12:16 AM
Red Line Shady Grove	12:02 AM	1:02 AM	1:02 AM	12:02 AM

Edited May 2, 2023 by 98lberEating2Lunches

[MPhillips]

37 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

Cincinnati 

Columbus

Cleveland

Chicago

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia 

Baltimore

The Lehigh Valley

[ionel]

Kansas City

Oklahoma City

St Louis 

Indy

[CHROMEBIRD]

2 hours ago, 82bordeaux said:

NCAA tournament time is Spring Break season. It needs to avoid the warmer climates such as Phoenix because it will be really expensive. Charlotte is a reasonable location as would be Raleigh, and even Atlanta could be OK as that isn't a Spring Break destination.

Raleigh, Charlotte, and Atlanta would all be excellent locations for Nationals

[Laxhawk174]

Central WI - Wisconsin Valley Conference Territory. The epicenter of the greatest state in the world. We don't have the infrastructure to support it, but we can build an arena and accompanying shantytown to support the event, similar to the world cup in Qatar. 

[ionel]

16 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

but would there be any way to get around town     ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[82bordeaux]

37 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

My top 5. No paticular order

Vegas, Phoenix, Tampa, Miami, San Diego

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

but would there be any way to get around town     ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bring your bike...

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, Laxhawk174 said:

We don't have the infrastructure to support it, but we can build an arena and accompanying shantytown to support the event, similar to the world cup in Qatar. 

How many shipping containers can they get their hands on?    

[PortaJohn]

1 hour ago, 82bordeaux said:

Been spending a lot of time on BWI GIF'ing I see

[DJT]

4 hours ago, Laxhawk174 said:

Central WI - Wisconsin Valley Conference Territory. The epicenter of the greatest state in the world. We don't have the infrastructure to support it, but we can build an arena and accompanying shantytown to support the event, similar to the world cup in Qatar. 

Just have it at the Dells dome… everyone will need to remember to bring their own lawn chairs, though.

[MPhillips]

19 minutes ago, DJT said:

Just have it at the Dells dome… everyone will need to remember to bring their own lawn chairs, though.

and their water shoes...

[flyingcement]

Indianapolis seems like it handles tons of conventions and while its not that exciting maybe, they do have a bunch of direct flights.  I tend to think somewhere in the midwest makes the most sense from a geographic standpoint.  

[flyingcement]

Oh I completely missed Detroit and Milwaukee in my original group

[Jason Bryant]

6 hours ago, Gus said:

I went in 2010 to Omaha and thought it was a great time. Any reason the tournament has not been back to Omaha since?

Bars closed at 1! 

[ionel]

13 minutes ago, Jason Bryant said:

Bars closed at 1! 

pm? 

[Jason Bryant]

No.  When you get done working (that year) at 12:15 and want a beer or three, you were basically given last call as you were getting settled someplace, provided there was room. That wasn’t a great part about working the event in Omaha. 

[flyingcement]

Just now, Jason Bryant said:

No.  When you get done working (that year) at 12:15 and want a beer or three, you were basically given last call as you were getting settled someplace, provided there was room. That wasn’t a great part about working the event in Omaha. 

As a guy who lived in Delaware - I should mention that even though the Bob (Carpenter Center) does a good job for the Beast, the last call in Delaware is at - wait for it - 12:45!!! Not that it was ever in question - but say no to Delaware for nationals

[bnwtwg]

17 minutes ago, Jason Bryant said:

No.  When you get done working (that year) at 12:15 and want a beer or three, you were basically given last call as you were getting settled someplace, provided there was room. That wasn’t a great part about working the event in Omaha. 

As a former heavyweight who always finished last and am sure to always stay to the last match, I feel this.

As a forty year old who has missed since 2019, I cannot relate to this. Life comes at you fast lol

[DJT]

1 hour ago, Jason Bryant said:

Bars closed at 1! 

They changed the law to 2am close months after the NCAA’s.

[Jason Bryant]

The put Omaha back in play, although the size of the airport and flight options there are much smaller than I expected. Of course, that was 13 years ago and I went back-to-back with D2 and D1.