Who in the hell wants to go to Minneapolis in mid-March
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Actually I was there when IU played there in February. Had a great time and stayed right downtown. Met up with a few locals at one of the bars and hung out with them as we went bar hopping all night!!
Indy didn’t bid, has plans to host other events. It was between Minneapolis and Detroit. I think Indy has only been averaging ~16k fans per game and not really selling out even with tickets sometimes in the $20-30 range. When held in DC, it only dropped to about 13-14k. The BTT isn’t really a hot ticket, so location isn’t a huge deal and probably only matters for about maybe 1-2000 fans of any given fan base, but then there are some offsetting attendance because of regional novelty
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Minneapolis literally has about 10 miles of skyway where you can pretty much get anywhere downtown without having to go outside in the winter. You can get from Target Field and Target Center in the west all the way to US Bank Stadium in the east. Connected inbetween are many hotels, restaurants, stores etc.
There is also a light rail train that runs from the airport in Bloomington, to downtown Minneapolis. If you're really that adverse to winter weather, you don't have to travel much outside at all.
There is also a light rail train that runs from the airport in Bloomington, to downtown Minneapolis. If you're really that adverse to winter weather, you don't have to travel much outside at all.
When I read this post…. I wondered if anyone/organization had ever done a GEO mapping or geographical CAD layout, of the exact Centerpoint in the country, among the location of all the B1G Universities.
It would be the farthest East, West, North and South school and calculating the exact centerpoint between those four schools.
My estimate would be maybe Cleveland or Detroit area.
It would be the farthest East, West, North and South school and calculating the exact centerpoint between those four schools.
My estimate would be maybe Cleveland or Detroit area.
The Indy venue is always an IU event and IU fans don't need that many hotel rooms or Ubers. The do drink a lot though.
Fascinating idea, but if the answer is Cleveland or Detroit then Hell Nah
You are joking right? The BTT in Indy is a huge advantage for IU. And besides Chicago, flights to MPS are probably the most affordable. And I'm not sure there are enough Minnesota fans to create an unfair advantage.
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Purdue and Illinois are quite close to Indy as well. So the advantage is not just for IU.
Yeah, there were PLENTY of Illini fans when you guys punched us in the mouth this year at the BTT, lol. It was, at most, 55/45 IU.
The issue isn’t Minneapolis … great city, and it’s (often) cold everywhere in the Midwest. The issue is Chicago, Indy and NYC are the only plausible sites that could really be construed as any sort of “neutral site,” and they’re the only ones that could reasonably draw large crowds from multiple schools. If Minnesota loses early (likely) and Wisconsin isn’t in the title game or at least semis, you could see attendance be awful.
