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Would New Orleans ever stop hosting the bayou classic?
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:00 pm
Does anyone know how much revenue the event generates? Say compared to jazz fest or maybe another event around the same size as the game? Would/could the city stop hosting it?
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Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:02 pm to Woolfman_8
Just go away
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:02 pm to Woolfman_8
No, the cries of racism would echo for eternity if they did.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:02 pm to Woolfman_8
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Does anyone know how much revenue the event generates? Say compared to jazz fest or maybe another event around the same size as the game? Would/could the city stop hosting it?
What other Louisiana city could compete with hosting the game? If The Super Dome declined to renew, I'm sure Tulane would pick it up.
The BC doesn't have to compare to Jazzfest in order to be a financial success.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:03 pm to Woolfman_8
LINK
Article is from 2018.
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The Classic draws an estimated 200,000 visitors to New Orleans every Thanksgiving and a large audience on television. The economic impact of the Classic has been estimated at $50 million annually.
Article is from 2018.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:03 pm to Woolfman_8
After Katrina it was moved to Houston—should have stayed there.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:04 pm to Tigeralum2008
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If The Super Dome declined to renew, I'm sure Tulane would pick it up.
If the superdome stops hosting its because the city wants the game gone. Moving it from the superdome and putting it in the middle of uptown would be even more of a nightmare.
The two teams should make it a home and home series.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:05 pm to Woolfman_8
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Does anyone know how much revenue the event generates?
I dunno know but they say tipping suffers pretty badly.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:07 pm to Brosef Stalin
I have heard and seen 200,000 and $50 million numbers used over and over but never a source citing a real study as they do for the Superbowl and such.
And I do not trust the attendance numbers. I attended one year where the announced attendance number was 67000 but the stands looked half empty.
And I do not trust the attendance numbers. I attended one year where the announced attendance number was 67000 but the stands looked half empty.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:07 pm to Modern
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Just go away
I think it's a legitimate question. At what point is it not worth the economic impact?
I don't know the answer, but I'm sure it's a question people smarter than me have contemplated.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:09 pm to Tigeralum2008
why the hell would Tulane pick up that trash game?. please think dude
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:09 pm to bbap
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I think it's a legitimate question. At what point is it not worth the economic impact?
I don't know the answer, but I'm sure it's a question people smarter than me have contemplated.
I'm smarter than you an it's never occurred to me once.
It is a legit question though.
This post was edited on 12/2/19 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:10 pm to Tigeralum2008
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I'm sure Tulane would pick it up.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:11 pm to Pandy Fackler
But its a boom for the restaurant renovation contractor industry
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:11 pm to Pandy Fackler
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I'm smarter than you an it's never occurred to me once.
It is a legit question though.
It was contemplated by the city when Houston tried to get the game. The result was a subsidized game where they virtually give away the Dome and force hotels to cap their rates.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:11 pm to Woolfman_8
There aren't enough visitors to merit portacans scattered throughout the Quarter.
Twenty years or so ago there was a concerted effort to cancel the game. Low attendance, low spending by the visitors who did come. The kick back from a certain segment of the nationwide minority population was a wonder to behold. Not that they came to the games, but they had ties to the news media.
Since then Essence Fest has grown, and it might have convinced certain visitors to return and spend.
Twenty years or so ago there was a concerted effort to cancel the game. Low attendance, low spending by the visitors who did come. The kick back from a certain segment of the nationwide minority population was a wonder to behold. Not that they came to the games, but they had ties to the news media.
Since then Essence Fest has grown, and it might have convinced certain visitors to return and spend.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:11 pm to Woolfman_8
I can't remember which one but Atlanta or Houston made a play for it a few years back, should have let it leave.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:30 pm to Tiger Prawn
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But its a boom for the restaurant renovation contractor industry
And the hotel clean-up industry
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:32 pm to Woolfman_8
Houston and Atlanta have both tried to get the game away from NOLA.
The game and the schools represent a huge source of pride in Black America. No chance a majority black city with black politicians is going to just give it up.
Having said that... I remember when the game regularly packed actual 70K in the stands. The game has suffered just like the vast majority of HBCUs not named Howard have suffered.
The game and the schools represent a huge source of pride in Black America. No chance a majority black city with black politicians is going to just give it up.
Having said that... I remember when the game regularly packed actual 70K in the stands. The game has suffered just like the vast majority of HBCUs not named Howard have suffered.
Posted on 12/2/19 at 12:32 pm to Woolfman_8
I wonder why Shreveport/the Independence Bowl hasn't closed a deal for it.
Murders are already expected in the 318.
Murders are already expected in the 318.
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