🏈 Big 10, SEC out of Capital One Bowl?

[252BAMA]

"This is the last year of the SEC's current agreements with nine bowls, so talk of renewals will surface. Keep an eye on Orlando's Capital One Bowl. The Big Ten isn't crazy about the Citrus Bowl's lack of renovation, and the SEC also might not be thrilled."

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_...g-ten-sec-out-of-capital-one-bowl?eref=fromSI

 

[CtrlAltDel]

Good information to know, 252Bama, thanks.

 

[TerryP]

I was looking for an article on this yesterday.

There was one published 2-3 weeks ago about the financial woes that bowl and the committee that runs it are dealing with right now.

 

[252BAMA]

I was looking for an article on this yesterday.

There was one published 2-3 weeks ago about the financial woes that bowl and the committee that runs it are dealing with right now.

My primary residence is still in Orlando so I check the news, weather, etc. quite often. That is why I ran across this story.

I have been amazed during the 5 years that we have lived there, that the Bowl has been able to keep the status that it has. Imagine Legion Field having a major Bowl. That is what you have there. A run down stadium in a terrible area of the city.

 

[TerryP]

My primary residence is still in Orlando so I check the news, weather, etc. quite often. That is why I ran across this story.

I have been amazed during the 5 years that we have lived there, that the Bowl has been able to keep the status that it has. Imagine Legion Field having a major Bowl. That is what you have there. A run down stadium in a terrible area of the city.

I was talking with a friend yesterday who lives in Orange Beach, CA, and one of the subjects of conversation was how much USC fans want to get a bowl alignment with the SEC. Cap One being the primary bowl game being mentioned...

I don't see the Big 10 dropping that bowl alliance even with the stadium conditions.

And, if the financial woes are as big as that article I mentioned earlier talked of...I don't see any improvements on the horizon.

 

[252BAMA]

I was talking with a friend yesterday who lives in Orange Beach, CA, and one of the subjects of conversation was how much USC fans want to get a bowl alignment with the SEC. Cap One being the primary bowl game being mentioned...

I don't see the Big 10 dropping that bowl alliance even with the stadium conditions.

And, if the financial woes are as big as that article I mentioned earlier talked of...I don't see any improvements on the horizon.

The Citrus Bowl organization needs to align itself with Disney. Build a stadium at the Wide World of Sports complex.

I would love to see a Bowl alliance between the Pac-10 and SEC. That might happen sooner than later if the SEC AD's, when looking for their opponents that don't require a return game, would wake up and look to the Pac-10. There are 5 of them each year sitting there with an automatic 5 conference home games that would love to come to an SEC ATM...er school on a one game basis.

 

[deceks7]

Cap One Bowl

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-sportsorlando-bowlgames-30043009apr30,0,2346807.story


Florida Citrus Sports chief executive officer Steve Hogan is pulling the fire alarm.

He says the city's Capital One Bowl is in danger of losing its position as the best bowl game outside college football's Bowl Championship Series.

Hogan spent last week in California working to renew the certification of the Capital One Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl played in Orlando. The NCAA recertified both games, but meetings with officials from conferences that send teams to Orlando gave Hogan a massive headache.

Leaders of the Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten pounced, immediately asking Hogan about progress made toward renovating the Citrus Bowl.

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"I understand the desire to renovate the stadium as quickly as possible," Orlando City Commissioner Phil Diamond said. "By the same token, the reality of the situation is that the tourist tax has bottomed out."

Michael Walzak, board member with the local group CountyWatch, offers a more blunt assessment.

"It's never going to happen," he said. "There just isn't any money."

Diamond and Walzak are more worried about losing critical city services and suggested Florida Citrus Sports explore hosting games at UCF. A proposed third bowl game for the city, to be held at UCF's two-year-old Bright House Networks Stadium, was tabled for 2009 after organizers were unable to land a title sponsor. They hope to apply to the NCAA again in 2010.

Hogan contends Bright House Networks Stadium with a capacity of 45,301 isn't large enough to support games hosting more than 74,000 fans.

He added SEC and Big Ten teams would not be willing to play on a college campus when they compete in much bigger venues during the regular season.

Plus a bit more at the link

 

[TWJUA]

252Bama, I'm with you.

From Winter Park. And Disney does need to partner up with the city and build something that they can both use. If I was Orlando, I would not let it go out of the city. You don't want to be all the way down on Disney Property. I say leave the site where it is, and build a quality stadium with some Disney money right next to the current one. Then tear down the old Citrus Bowl and use that as your parking lot. Then you don't lose hosting a game there one year. Also, Disney can host all kinds of events, and you still get Wrestle Mania, motorcross and all of those events, then the Citrus Bowl, Champs Bowl, state high school playoffs, any kind of football games. Add in the World Cup, when it comes back to the US. Oh, and then there is that Super Bowl thing. You don't think the NFL wouldn't jump on Orlando/Disney with a nice, brand new stadium? I know its bad time for money, but you have to spend money to make money. All these other stadiums get built somehow too.

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