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The Star is used for high school football games weekly in Frisco as well. It is a beautiful indoor facility. The FCS championship game is held at Toyota Field in Frisco (an outdoor soccer venue, home of FC Dallas) in January. We also have two high school stadiums, Allen (18,000 seats) and McKinney (12,000 seats) that would be excellent locations.
Allen https://www.allenisd.org/Page/22234
McKinney https://texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=1755
Frisco - The Star https://www.thestarinfrisco.com/ford-center
DFW has had a lot of amenities to offer... not to mention a huge number of football fans...
(Allen will likely not be available. The NCAA DII championship info packet requires exclusive access for a full week before the game. Allen will still be using the facility in preparation for the semifinals and finals)
High School playoffs are still in full swing on December 15th. That might have an impact of the venue availability. The state finals are the following week at AT&T Stadium (or Jerry Jones' place...).
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There are no perfect alternatives.
1) Sporting is a beautiful facility but not for mid-December games.
2) Ideally game is within an hour of a major airport
3) Local attendance/interest will always be meh if a team that is somewhat local is not involved (has the championship game ever drawn more than 8k?
4) Major metro areas provides plusses and minuses. More to do, more hotel rooms, less of a big deal to the local population, especially one with pro and major D1 football schools.
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I'm wondering if Sporting is about to lose their major sponsor in Ivy Investments and need to shed events while using the renovations as a guise. The parent company of Ivy, Waddell & Reed, has been struggling for years now and in the last two weeks they lost 3 advisor teams that produced $5.2 million in revenue annually. Four years ago when they signed the sponsorship contract W&R had $136 billion in assets, its less than $80 billion today. Their is heavy speculation the firm is for sale.
Ivy pays $2+ million a year to Sporting and the contract goes until 2022. If that goes up in smoke and you have to go find another sponsor you can't afford a money losing event like D2 Championship. Get the renovations started as soon as possible because in January 2019 a certain revenue source may not be there.
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Topeka
1) Two nice stadiums to chose from
2) Hour from major airport
3) Major highways
4) Lots of hotel rooms, restaurants
5) Total commitment of community
6) Centrally located in the MIAA
7) Weather can go either way that time of year, sunny or snowy
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Originally posted by Erbert View PostWhat about Cessna/Wichita?
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Outdoor facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. Would be in the area Brandon talks about.
https://www.wmstadium.com/
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Originally posted by Predatory Primates View PostI wonder what kind of backdoor they put in the contract that allows the stadium to pull out on such short notice.
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