Summit at the Falls 2013

[SkippyJack]

Re: Summit at the Falls 2013

Just saw this on my twitter feed

Lance Hildebrandt @lahildebrandt
Selling two lower level row 4 session passes to #SummitTourney. Who wants them? @TerryVandrovec @tylermerriam @TylerHolmquist@SDSU_Jacks

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

Re: Summit at the Falls 2013

Wanting the Tourney moved to a "neutral" site turned out to be a big topic on the Mysummitleague.com chat the other night. Fans from other schools mentioned that perhaps it should be held somewhere like Chicago or Ft. Wayne. What a difference that would be from the hype and excitement it generates in Sioux Falls.

Every year it gets better here. KELO news was full of Summit Tourney stuff last night (and it was only Monday) and here we are with one session already sold out and two more getting close (and it is only Tuesday). This tournament has definitely found a home.

IMO, there needs to be a HUGE push to get fans from other schools once the new events center is done. It could help give them some perspective.

If the league could sell more tickets and make more money in Chicago or Ft Wayne, I would expect them to move it there. I would be disappointed that I couldn't drive 10 minutes to the game, but I would understand.

[filbert]

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I feel their pain but unfortunately it's all about $$ in college basketball and there isn't another place (other than Fargo, MAYBE) that will bring in the kind of revenue that SF can and it's only going to get bigger in the new arena. The fans in the Dakotas care more and therefore spend more. Tiny crowds doesn't equal big money. Douple and the Summit League hit the lotto up here and I'm sure his biggest nightmare is losing any or all of the Dakota schools. This is where the interest and money is. It's that simple.

This is why I fully expect Douple and the Summit League to invite St. Cloud and/or MSU-Mankato to the Summit League (possibly both) in response to any additional erosion of the membership. He's gettin' the NCC band back together!

(No, I don't have Douple on speed-dial, nor do I have any kind of inside information. I just see how things are evolving, and my prediction is that the Summit will survive the conference realignment frenzy, and when the dust settles, it will look suspiciously like the old D-II NCC, with maybe Denver instead of Augustana, and perhaps the eastern Summit schools that can't find new conferences--I'm thinking primarily of IUPUI and IPFW, but I personally would love to keep Oakland in the conference as well. In the NCC Mk. II scenario, I could easily see the conference tournament at some point, a few years down the road, move to Minneapolis/St. Paul and for the Summit to try to create a more northerly version of the Valley's Arch Madness in St. Louis. I suspect that's probably far enough off-topic for now.)

[OldHare]

Re: Summit at the Falls 2013

The continued support of the Summit League Tournament is a way to cement the event in Siuox Falls. It will take deep pockets and some crazy promotions to compete with the current venue. While I am understanding how the some fans from the Summit yearn for a closer nuetral site, I am one who might fuel the hype and support in the Dakotas for the event. It would be disappointing to travel to Des Moines or wherever and have the Jack fans outnumber the rest in a less than half full arena. Douple and the members can see the deposit slips as we prepare for the 2014 ticket sales.

[RowdyRabbit]

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I just heard the SDSU athletic department is pushing a plan that would put a jumbotron on the practice field for general admission overflow.

Hehe. That did turn out to be quite the flop. There were about 15 people watching the thing that day.

[AugieJackFan]

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I feel their pain but unfortunately it's all about $$ in college basketball and there isn't another place (other than Fargo, MAYBE) that will bring in the kind of revenue that SF can and it's only going to get bigger in the new arena. The fans in the Dakotas care more and therefore spend more. Tiny crowds doesn't equal big money. Douple and the Summit League hit the lotto up here and I'm sure his biggest nightmare is losing any or all of the Dakota schools. This is where the interest and money is. It's that simple.

[Southeast]

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...and other schools (or should I say certain fans of other schools) want this out of Sioux Falls. This is what March is suppose to be like.

Wanting the Tourney moved to a "neutral" site turned out to be a big topic on the Mysummitleague.com chat the other night. Fans from other schools mentioned that perhaps it should be held somewhere like Chicago or Ft. Wayne. What a difference that would be from the hype and excitement it generates in Sioux Falls.

Every year it gets better here. KELO news was full of Summit Tourney stuff last night (and it was only Monday) and here we are with one session already sold out and two more getting close (and it is only Tuesday). This tournament has definitely found a home.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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Is it possible to adjust the size of the future arena or is it to late? Yikes!

I just heard the SDSU athletic department is pushing a plan that would put a jumbotron on the practice field for general admission overflow.

[OldHare]

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Everything is close to the vest with Coach Mo. Terrell is a day to day.

I've seen several mentions of Parks....is he planning to play?

[RowdyRabbit]

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I've seen several mentions of Parks....is he planning to play?

[UWMandSDSU]

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Is it possible to adjust the size of the future arena or is it to late? Yikes!

...and other schools (or should I say certain fans of other schools) want this out of Sioux Falls. This is what March is suppose to be like.

[WestSideRabbit]

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Per Terry Vandrovec :
@TerryVandrovec
Wes Hall, director of the @SFSportsAuth, says the @summithoops tourney is getting "very close" to selling out Mon. and Tues. nights.

Is it possible to adjust the size of the future arena or is it to late? Yikes!

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: Summit at the Falls 2013

Per Terry Vandrovec :
@TerryVandrovec
Wes Hall, director of the @SFSportsAuth, says the @summithoops tourney is getting "very close" to selling out Mon. and Tues. nights.

[TK22867]

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If it's like last year, the athletic departments return extra tickets as their teams lose. So, everyday some new tickets become available from the box office.

I'm not sure that's accurate. I dont' think it is the athletic department that returns them as there is not a good mechanism in place for "re-selling" those tickets.

Perhaps tickets became available for some other reason? Perhaps a reserved section of seats doesn't sell out, such as a block of hotel rooms for a wedding or other event?

I'm grasping at straws here, but I may visit the box office on Sunday AM to see if there are good seats for Monday's action. I just hate sitting in the nosebleeds to say that I was there and "in the building".

[goon]

Re: Summit at the Falls 2013

Great, how am I suppose to concentrate at work now.