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re: could Louisiana or the Gulf South realistically host
Posted on 8/22/11 at 10:13 pm to SprintFun
Posted on 8/22/11 at 10:13 pm to SprintFun
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A soccer person would have to comment...all I remember is its double digits and a lot more than I would have guessed
Ya I'm just going by what was at the last World cups.
Figure 10-12 but other countries had more.
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Posted on 8/22/11 at 10:29 pm to C
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If they moved up the olympics to april, then sure. Not in June or July. You could do it in Houston, combo of mobile/mississippi coast/new orleans, or maybe south florida.
Somehow they made it happen in 1996...
It would be interesting. The whitewater venue and BMX venue would have to be man-made like they did for Sydney. Other than that there are ample facilities from Pensacola to Baton Rouge to host.
Notable Venues:
Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola Bay
Mobile Bay
Mobile Tennis Center
Mobile Civic Center
Mobile Convention Center
Mitchell Center - USA Campus
Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum
Superdome
Tad Gormely
Morial Convention Center
Turchin
Alex Box
PMAC
Tiger Stadium
Alario Center
Lake Pontchartrain
Lakefront Arena
You'd need to build a swim/dive center and Olympic Stadium. I'm sure there are plenty of sites (city park NOLa) for the smaller outdoor events and ample number of shooting ranges.
This post was edited on 8/22/11 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 8/23/11 at 1:04 am to SprintFun
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A soccer person would have to comment...all I remember is its double digits and a lot more than I would have guessed.
Here are the Venues that would have been had we won the bid.
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Those 18 cities are: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa and Washington, D.C.
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Posted on 8/23/11 at 7:09 am to Elleshoe
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World Cup?
Would be spread all over the country, not just regionally.
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Would they sell tickets?
The 1994 World Cup sold more tickets than any other World Cup and soccer is much more popular now.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 7:18 am to Elleshoe
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could Louisiana or the Gulf South realistically host an Olympic games or World Cup? Would they sell tickets? Could the infrastructure even be put into place to do it?
No.
At least not anytime soon.
You can throw the World Cup out because that would be the entire country hosting and we just lost out to Qatar for that one anyway.
As for the Olympics, nah, it would have to be Summer games and those go to far bigger cities typically than anywhere on the gulf coast.
Dallas or Houston could maybe pull it off, but that's a bit out of your scope.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 7:36 am to SprintFun
quote:Texas's GSP in 2008 was $1.224 TRILLION dollars. Qatar's GDP for 2010 is estimated to be about $130 BILLION.
Qatar has more money at its disposal than every state in the South has. And it aint even close.
While Qatar has some pretty absurb per capita economic stats, Texas still laughs at them
Posted on 8/23/11 at 8:52 am to Pilot Tiger
World Cup cities, if there are 16, could be:
Los Angeles
Seattle
Denver
Phoenix
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Columbus
Chicago
Miami
Tampa
Atlanta
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Los Angeles
Seattle
Denver
Phoenix
Dallas
Houston
New Orleans
Columbus
Chicago
Miami
Tampa
Atlanta
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Posted on 8/23/11 at 8:56 am to Elleshoe
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an Olympic games or World Cup? Would they sell tickets? Could the infrastructure even be put into place to do it?
No! It would NEVER happen. Not enough funds available to go around.
World Cup?? You need venues to host a World Cup and the Gulf South does not have any worthy of hosting a FIFA World Cup.
Olympics? Well, they would have spend a lot of cash to do it and I just can not see the city of New Orleans being able to fund it either. Too many politicians trying to get their share of the profit.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 8:59 am to Elleshoe
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could Louisiana or the Gulf South realistically host
Posted on 8/23/11 at 9:07 am to LSUBoo
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As for the Olympics, nah, it would have to be Summer games and those go to far bigger cities typically than anywhere on the gulf coast.
When ATL was awarded the '96 games the Metro Area population was 2.5 Million.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 9:13 am to Golfer
Birmingham 2020
Posted on 8/23/11 at 10:21 am to Elleshoe
Houston could host the World Cup. Games could be played in Dallas and San Antonio. Typically for the World Cup, games are played hours from the actual host city stadium. Houston is also a very international city with great corporate support.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 10:27 am to Sir Barkevious
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They would never play in Louisiana, Alabama, or Mississippi. I could see Texas, Florida, or Georgia.
That would likely be true now but Birmingham was a major site for soccer during the 1996 Olympics. In fact, the USA vs. Argentina match set a Legion Field attendance record at the time with over 84,000+ in attendance. Bham hosted about a dozen soccer games during the 1996 Olympics.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 10:42 am to Elleshoe
They played a couple world cup games in Orlando back in the day. I think it was in '92 or '94.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 12:20 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
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Houston could host the World Cup. Games could be played in Dallas and San Antonio.
32 Teams and 3 Cities?
World Cup is a Country thing, not just a state thing.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 12:57 pm to I Bleed Garnet
Sorry I didn't break down every possible city that a soccer game could be played in the USA. I was just using Houston as a center point and just named a few cities within a short drive. Could have been any city really.
On another note, I will be watching every post you make. You better bring your A-game with every post. One mistake and I'm calling you out.
On another note, I will be watching every post you make. You better bring your A-game with every post. One mistake and I'm calling you out.
This post was edited on 8/23/11 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 8/23/11 at 2:13 pm to Fall Creek Tiger
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Sorry I didn't break down every possible city that a soccer game could be played in the USA. I was just using Houston as a center point and just named a few cities within a short drive. Could have been any city really.
But there is no host city, just a host country. The 2010 World Cup wasn't the Cape Town World Cup, the 2006 wasn't the Berlin World Cup, 2002 was actually split between Japan and South Korea I believe.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 3:02 pm to OFWHAP
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But there is no host city, just a host country. The 2010 World Cup wasn't the Cape Town World Cup, the 2006 wasn't the Berlin World Cup, 2002 was actually split between Japan and South Korea I believe.
ya that's what I was trying to say here.
Posted on 8/23/11 at 3:06 pm to Elleshoe
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an Olympic games or World Cup? Would they sell tickets? Could the infrastructure even be put into place to do it?
The World Cup? Sure, because it's around the entire country.
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