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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 1:18:13 GMT
Yay or Nay?
Personally I find this genius.
Was recently traveling through Baltimore and found it shocking going past the Os and Ravens stadiums a billboard promoting Philly Tourism.
Then I found it genius. If Philly did the same with Baltimore.
Now let's disregard Baltimore as they're not important and aren't relevant.
Let's take Boston and Philly. Hoops and Hockey. Please take your hometown team and biggest city rival as well.
What about a 'home and home' where on a Saturday afternoon we get Flyers vs. Bruins and then after the game the ice is changed to parquet and we get Sixers vs. Celtics?
Then the next day - i.e. Sunday we do it all over again a short distance away in the other cities home town - this while all promoting the other city's culture - i.e. it's pretty much a 'travel day' in a sense for tourists going up and down the East Coast to experience each cities cultures - we're promoting New England Clam Chowder down here while Bostonians get to visit the sites and take part in special deals as tourists - and in reverse on Sunday Bostonians are experiencing cheesesteak specials as travelers and tourists get to experience Bostonian sites.
I'm tellin' ya - I'm in 4 games in 2 days against a City Rival all while experiencing history, landmarks, food........
Chicago/Detroit? New York/New Jersey? LA/Oakland San Fran area?
This is revolutionary...........
Thoughts?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 31, 2019 13:46:33 GMT
Fun idea, kind of surprised they haven't come up with something like this by now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 13:55:21 GMT
Fun idea, kind of surprised they haven't come up with something like this by now. Would be a great weekend - traveling up to Boston, New York, down to D.C......all while eating out at new restaurants - visiting museums, landmarks and soaking in the culture......... |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 31, 2019 14:08:21 GMT
The only problem is the logistics of the whole thing. Both leagues and all four franchises would really have to put their heads together to schedule it; and it's doubtful that it would increase revenue to any significant degree, at least to the degree required to even bother trying it. It's a fun idea for a fan experience, but ultimately more trouble than it's worth.
What's interesting to consider is that it could actually happen naturally in the playoffs. I can't think of an example off the top of my head but cities in the same conference could theoretically play each other in NHL & NBA playoffs at the same time. Is there an obvious one I'm not thinking of?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 14:29:25 GMT
The only problem is the logistics of the whole thing. Both leagues and all four franchises would really have to put their heads together to schedule it; and it's doubtful that it would increase revenue to any significant degree, at least to the degree required to even bother trying it. It's a fun idea for a fan experience, but ultimately more trouble than it's worth. What's interesting to consider is that it could actually happen naturally in the playoffs. I can't think of an example off the top of my head but cities in the same conference could theoretically play each other in NHL & NBA playoffs at the same time. Is there an obvious one I'm not thinking of? Guess it comes down to one's own personal interests in life.
Doesn't the Super Bowl still do this and College Bowl games - i.e. withhold a certain # of tickets for each team.
You can kind of split the house to a certain extent but still give the hometown team an advantage - i.e. if 'we're' up in Boston - 65% of the tickets go to Celts fans - and 35% to Sixers season ticket holders and fans.
I love traveling and experiencing different cultures, foods, sites, exploring a towns history.
Can even give discounts to fans even if not attending a game to come up and exploring the other cities culture - i.e. restaurants, hotels get involved - discounts at attractions - just do the reverse the next day for the other city visiting your home to return the favor.
I was up in Cambridge once - loved it - still need to actually visit Boston
Going through Baltimore at times - makes me want to spend a weekend down there too just to experience the sites and culture - was only down there as a kid for the weekend visiting the aquarium.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 31, 2019 15:08:09 GMT
Obviously this wouldn't work all the time and to make this a constant event would create a lot of logistical issues and may not pay off that much, but... on a smaller scale, I wish they would coordinate this sorta thing more often.
I went to a Giants game at Dallas a couple of years ago and spent the weekend in Dallas, and it so happened that the Yankees were playing the Rangers in an early game before the Sunday night NFL game, and we were able to walk from one stadium to other and catch both games in one day. That was a cool experience and scheduling a few of those sorts of things a few times a year shouldn't be that difficult and could pay off.
If they just experiment with it a little bit, a small scale version of that could be cool.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Jan 31, 2019 15:22:09 GMT
The only problem is the logistics of the whole thing. Both leagues and all four franchises would really have to put their heads together to schedule it; and it's doubtful that it would increase revenue to any significant degree, at least to the degree required to even bother trying it. It's a fun idea for a fan experience, but ultimately more trouble than it's worth. What's interesting to consider is that it could actually happen naturally in the playoffs. I can't think of an example off the top of my head but cities in the same conference could theoretically play each other in NHL & NBA playoffs at the same time. Is there an obvious one I'm not thinking of? Last years playoffs had Leafs-Bruins and could have had Raptors-Celtics, although the series wouldn't have been going on at the same time. All 4 teams are all but assured of being playoff bound again this year.
NHL-NBA cities:
EAST Toronto New York Boston Miami Washington Philadelphia Detroit
WEST-EAST
Chicago
WEST Los Angeles Denver Minneapolis Phoenix Dallas
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 31, 2019 15:57:44 GMT
The only problem is the logistics of the whole thing. Both leagues and all four franchises would really have to put their heads together to schedule it; and it's doubtful that it would increase revenue to any significant degree, at least to the degree required to even bother trying it. It's a fun idea for a fan experience, but ultimately more trouble than it's worth. What's interesting to consider is that it could actually happen naturally in the playoffs. I can't think of an example off the top of my head but cities in the same conference could theoretically play each other in NHL & NBA playoffs at the same time. Is there an obvious one I'm not thinking of? Last years playoffs had Leafs-Bruins and could have had Raptors-Celtics, although the series wouldn't have been going on at the same time. All 4 teams are all but assured of being playoff bound again this year.
NHL-NBA cities:
EAST Toronto New York Boston Miami Washington Philadelphia Detroit
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Chicago
WEST Los Angeles Denver Minneapolis Phoenix Dallas
Yeah I feel like the possibility has to be fairly frequent with some cities, but I can't remember two cities in playoff series against each other at the same time. That would be a blast to experience. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 31, 2019 16:04:15 GMT
Obviously this wouldn't work all the time and to make this a constant event would create a lot of logistical issues and may not pay off that much, but... on a smaller scale, I wish they would coordinate this sorta thing more often. I went to a Giants game at Dallas a couple of years ago and spent the weekend in Dallas, and it so happened that the Yankees were playing the Rangers in an early game before the Sunday night NFL game, and we were able to walk from one stadium to other and catch both games in one day. That was a cool experience and scheduling a few of those sorts of things a few times a year shouldn't be that difficult and could pay off. If they just experiment with it a little bit, a small scale version of that could be cool. That kind of thing happens fairly often, but it's never intentionally scheduled, obviously. Just this past season, the Celtics played the Bucks on Nov. 1 and the Pats played the Packers on Nov. 3. Could've been a fun little getaway vacation for Wisconsin sports fans (until their teams lost both games, but whatever). Not that it has anything to do with Wisconsin, but they must've gotten sick of the Red Sox World Series celebration as the team showed up to both games to show off the hardware. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 16:12:58 GMT
Cleveland vs. Cincinatti would be kinda cool in the fall.
sunday football game of Bengals vs. Browns
you schedule Reds / Indians for a home and home for Sat/Sun
to account for the NFL team not being in ones hometown the previous day- maybe the opposing visiting city is granted 50% off hotel rates, restaurant prices, attraction fees for the weekend........free Columbus Blue Jacket tickets to visit Columbus - and as a whole stimulate the entire states economy.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Jan 31, 2019 18:35:34 GMT
Last years playoffs had Leafs-Bruins and could have had Raptors-Celtics, although the series wouldn't have been going on at the same time. All 4 teams are all but assured of being playoff bound again this year.
NHL-NBA cities:
EAST Toronto New York Boston Miami Washington Philadelphia Detroit
WEST-EAST
Chicago
WEST Los Angeles Denver Minneapolis Phoenix Dallas
Yeah I feel like the possibility has to be fairly frequent with some cities, but I can't remember two cities in playoff series against each other at the same time. That would be a blast to experience. I don't know that it'd be that frequent. There's only 13 cities represented in both leagues, and Chicago is in opposite conferences. You'd need teams from both leagues to make the playoffs and meet in the same round, or at most 1 round apart. NY and LA have multiple teams so their odds are improved somewhat.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 31, 2019 20:41:18 GMT
Obviously this wouldn't work all the time and to make this a constant event would create a lot of logistical issues and may not pay off that much, but... on a smaller scale, I wish they would coordinate this sorta thing more often. I went to a Giants game at Dallas a couple of years ago and spent the weekend in Dallas, and it so happened that the Yankees were playing the Rangers in an early game before the Sunday night NFL game, and we were able to walk from one stadium to other and catch both games in one day. That was a cool experience and scheduling a few of those sorts of things a few times a year shouldn't be that difficult and could pay off. If they just experiment with it a little bit, a small scale version of that could be cool. That kind of thing happens fairly often, but it's never intentionally scheduled, obviously. Just this past season, the Celtics played the Bucks on Nov. 1 and the Pats played the Packers on Nov. 3. Could've been a fun little getaway vacation for Wisconsin sports fans (until their teams lost both games, but whatever). Not that it has anything to do with Wisconsin, but they must've gotten sick of the Red Sox World Series celebration as the team showed up to both games to show off the hardware. Yeah, I just feel like it could happen more frequently. I know it's not unheard of, but guaranteeing it a bunch of times a year could be cool. |
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