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dweebe wrote: ↑

Jun 12, 2025

Auggie wrote: ↑

Jun 12, 2025

I don't think the NCAA's preference for Indianapolis is really because their HQ is there. I think it's because Lucas Oil and Gainbridge are both very high end venues, both far better than the Dome or Enterprise, and Indianapolis as a city invests far more into their downtown and attracting events and conventions than we do.

I am also encouraged by the fact that we were able to be a finalist, in part probably because we are a much larger and economically influential city than Indianapolis, but Lucas Oil is one of the single best stadiums in the NFL while the Dome....doesn't even have its naming rights sold.

If the stadiums were swapped, they would have chosen STL, because their choice is not based on where their headquarters are.

Fine if you think that I'm full of sh*t. But others have reported that before.
Did you know that Lucas Oil is "soft parked" every year for the Final Four as a backup in case the other host cities have issues with their stadium?

It also helps that the IUPUI medical center is very close by. A friend of mine went through there for medical school there and one of his jobs was to test the samples after games to check for performance enhancing drugs. So two NCAA officials and an Indiana highway patrolman would escort the urine samples to the other side of downtown where they'd have to go through an elaborate chain of custody thing. But because there's sometimes where he'd have to wait until 4 or 5 in the morning. 

Its the same reason the NFL combine is held in Indianapolis. All the lab work is done at IUPUI.

Auggie wrote: ↑

Jun 12, 2025

dweebe wrote: ↑

Jun 12, 2025

Auggie wrote: ↑

Jun 12, 2025

I don't think the NCAA's preference for Indianapolis is really because their HQ is there. I think it's because Lucas Oil and Gainbridge are both very high end venues, both far better than the Dome or Enterprise, and Indianapolis as a city invests far more into their downtown and attracting events and conventions than we do.

I am also encouraged by the fact that we were able to be a finalist, in part probably because we are a much larger and economically influential city than Indianapolis, but Lucas Oil is one of the single best stadiums in the NFL while the Dome....doesn't even have its naming rights sold.

If the stadiums were swapped, they would have chosen STL, because their choice is not based on where their headquarters are.

Fine if you think that I'm full of sh*t. But others have reported that before.
Did you know that Lucas Oil is "soft parked" every year for the Final Four as a backup in case the other host cities have issues with their stadium?

It also helps that the IUPUI medical center is very close by. A friend of mine went through there for medical school there and one of his jobs was to test the samples after games to check for performance enhancing drugs. So two NCAA officials and an Indiana highway patrolman would escort the urine samples to the other side of downtown where they'd have to go through an elaborate chain of custody thing. But because there's sometimes where he'd have to wait until 4 or 5 in the morning. 

Its the same reason the NFL combine is held in Indianapolis. All the lab work is done at IUPUI.

I didn't once say you are full of sh*t, the only person who said that is you.

All I said was that they do not base their ultimate decision on where their HQ is. The last thing I said was that "If the stadiums were swapped, they would have chosen STL, because their choice is not based on where their headquarters are." Which is absolutely true.

I also mentioned how much Indianapolis subsidizes tourism and conventions. For example, Lucas Oil is offered to the NCAA rent-free while the Convention Center is offered at rent discount. These are types of things that most other cities don't do.

gary kreie wrote: ↑

Jul 01, 2025

What would it cost to simply lift the roof straight up say 50 feet. Then put a ring of video screens all the way around the inner ring created above the upper seats. And drop a center video screen complex from
the center of the roof too as offered to Kroenke in 2014.


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addxb2 wrote: ↑

Jul 02, 2025

Not sure why the managing commission isn’t being pressed more on where naming rights stand. The “we’re considering it” isn’t sufficient given it’s been four (?) years.

The fact that STL doesn’t have a big corporate name on it is almost more embarrassing than the actual quality of the facility.