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No, they want it but are thinking/hoping that it will go to them based on geography rather than actually putting an effort into the bid.
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Frozen Four 2015 Where do we go from here?
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Re: Frozen Four 2015 Where do we go from here?
There is a misconception that Boston is a great college hockey town. Not so. There are several great hockey <u>schools* </u> in and near Boston, and there are a lot of great hockey <u>fans</u> in and near Boston, but outside those fans, Boston just isn’t a great college hockey city. College hockey has very little visibility with the man on the street.
Boston is a great PRO hockey town. The TD Garden hosts two major college hockey events each year. The Beanpot is played on two consecutive <u>Mondays</u>. Neither the Bruins nor the Celtics play on many Mondays, so it’s gates and concessions on nights the Garden would normally be empty. The Hockey East tournament occupies <u>one weekend</u>, and it’s easy to schedule the Bruins and Celtics to be out of town on one weekend. Significantly, there are no restrictions on signage for either the Beanpot or the HE tournament, and they can sell all the $7 beers that they want.
Boston is not a great college sports town generally. Unlike the Twin Cities, Boston has had a professional hockey team since 1925, many years before there even WAS a Frozen Four. Unlike Detroit, Boston is not in the middle of Big 10 country. For Boston, BC is the only local university that is competitive athletically on a national level, and the flagship Massachusetts state university didn’t even have a FBS football program until relatively recently. Two of the Beanpot schools have dropped football and unless you include UConn, there aren’t any significant national powers in any other sport either.
I personally love Boston and I’m glad that so many people (including me) would like for a FF to be here, but I remain skeptical.
*interesting fact. The Boston Marathon course runs through or near all four Beanpot school campuses and/or athletic facilities. The elite marathoners cover the distance in about 30 minutes.
As newspaper articles tend to be, this one is pretty ambiguous. “Groundswell of support” on whose part? The TD Garden? USCHO Forum participants? And “we’re definitely interested” is a politician’s word. It commits to nothing. It might be more interesting if Nazro’s quote ended with “but when the bid selections are out, we’ll definitely be making a bid.” The remainder of the article talks mostly about how the Marathon is the big dog in early April in Boston. The Red Sox game today started at the goofy hour of 11:00 am so that the Sox fans can watch the Marathon live (the Marathon course runs right by Fenway).http://bostonherald.com/sports/college/college_hockey/2013/04/boston_shoots_for_future_frozen_four said:
There is a misconception that Boston is a great college hockey town. Not so. There are several great hockey <u>schools* </u> in and near Boston, and there are a lot of great hockey <u>fans</u> in and near Boston, but outside those fans, Boston just isn’t a great college hockey city. College hockey has very little visibility with the man on the street.
Boston is a great PRO hockey town. The TD Garden hosts two major college hockey events each year. The Beanpot is played on two consecutive <u>Mondays</u>. Neither the Bruins nor the Celtics play on many Mondays, so it’s gates and concessions on nights the Garden would normally be empty. The Hockey East tournament occupies <u>one weekend</u>, and it’s easy to schedule the Bruins and Celtics to be out of town on one weekend. Significantly, there are no restrictions on signage for either the Beanpot or the HE tournament, and they can sell all the $7 beers that they want.
Boston is not a great college sports town generally. Unlike the Twin Cities, Boston has had a professional hockey team since 1925, many years before there even WAS a Frozen Four. Unlike Detroit, Boston is not in the middle of Big 10 country. For Boston, BC is the only local university that is competitive athletically on a national level, and the flagship Massachusetts state university didn’t even have a FBS football program until relatively recently. Two of the Beanpot schools have dropped football and unless you include UConn, there aren’t any significant national powers in any other sport either.
I personally love Boston and I’m glad that so many people (including me) would like for a FF to be here, but I remain skeptical.
*interesting fact. The Boston Marathon course runs through or near all four Beanpot school campuses and/or athletic facilities. The elite marathoners cover the distance in about 30 minutes.
jmh
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Re: Frozen Four 2015 Where do we go from here?
OK, OK, but you know what I meant.
Agree with this. I've been griping a bit about not knowing where 2015 is yet, but it doesn't really hurt anything to wait a little longer to find out. If you set up any kind of a limited rotation, the cities that are part of the rotation won't have any incentive to do more than the bare minimum not to get booted from the rotation, and the sites will get stale for us if we go back to the same places every four years.
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Re: Frozen Four 2015 Where do we go from here?
The below information was posted by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor of College Hockey News:
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/06/05_committee_discussing_regional.php
Site Selections
Selecting sites for future Frozen Four is on the agenda. The bid process has finally been opened for 2015-2018. The final decisions will not be made until November of this year, meaning that the 2015 host city will have just about 16 months to prepare. Given that, it's likely the committee will select a city that has experience with the event, such as Boston, which last hosted in 2004.
The delay in accepting new bids was caused by a change in the way the NCAA handles the process, which was finalized over the last few months.
It's unknown which cities will bid on the Frozen Four, but some likely possible candidates include Nashville, Denver, Washington D.C. and San Jose. Denver hosted in 2008, while Washington hosted in 2009.
The below information was posted by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor of College Hockey News:
http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/06/05_committee_discussing_regional.php
Site Selections
Selecting sites for future Frozen Four is on the agenda. The bid process has finally been opened for 2015-2018. The final decisions will not be made until November of this year, meaning that the 2015 host city will have just about 16 months to prepare. Given that, it's likely the committee will select a city that has experience with the event, such as Boston, which last hosted in 2004.
The delay in accepting new bids was caused by a change in the way the NCAA handles the process, which was finalized over the last few months.
It's unknown which cities will bid on the Frozen Four, but some likely possible candidates include Nashville, Denver, Washington D.C. and San Jose. Denver hosted in 2008, while Washington hosted in 2009.