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Re: Championships location from 07 and onwards
Let's review the requirements again (this seems to come up every year):
(1) A covered full-size stadium for the fields.
(2) An adjacent convention center for the pits and other parts of the event.
(3) Hotels within reasonable distance/access.
There's not too many cities in the country that have all three.
Disney met (3) wonderfully, but fails miserably on (1) and (2) especially since the event has gotten so big.
Houston had (1) and sorta (2) and (3) - maybe with the new convention center planned to replace the Astrodome (2) would work better.
Detroit has (1) but not (2) at all, and hardly (3) because most of the hotels aren't near Ford Field.
Despite just being at IRI, I wasn't downtown. It is my understanding that the new development will have both (1) and (2), and someone else will have to address (3).
What other cities with covered stadiums are there to consider? Not Vegas. Minneapolis? (but who wants to go there in April - weather in Indy would be iffy enough)
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