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K-State to Host ISU at Arrowhead - Confirmed

chrishull14 said:
So a home game on Labor Day weekend is no good, but moving a home game to a road game on Thanksgiving weekend is okay?
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First of all, Labor Day is a made-up holiday, much like Valentine's Day. I personally know of no one who celebrates this "holiday" other than getting a free vacation day on Monday. As many on this board have stated, make part of your Labor Day "celebration" a trip to Ames for an ISU football game on Saturday (hopefully next year).

Second, Thanksgiving is just barely above Labor Day on the holiday food chain. If this game is on the Saturday of Turkey Day weekend, then what's the big deal? Would you rather tailgate all day in KC and watch ISU pound the Wildcats or hang out at the in-laws all day where they will regale you with slides from their trip to Dollywood? I rest my case.
 
chrishull14 said:
So a home game on Labor Day weekend is no good, but moving a home game to a road game on Thanksgiving weekend is okay?
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CarolinaCy said:
First of all, Labor Day is a made-up holiday, much like Valentine's Day. I personally know of no one who celebrates this "holiday" other than getting a free vacation day on Monday. As many on this board have stated, make part of your Labor Day "celebration" a trip to Ames for an ISU football game on Saturday (hopefully next year).

Second, Thanksgiving is just barely above Labor Day on the holiday food chain. If this game is on the Saturday of Turkey Day weekend, then what's the big deal? Would you rather tailgate all day in KC and watch ISU pound the Wildcats or hang out at the in-laws all day where they will regale you with slides from their trip to Dollywood? I rest my case.
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Or if you can't go to the game, you can catch it on national TV while at the in-laws. :wink: (presumably)
 
dmclone said:
BTW-I hate when people compare cities like KC, Minneapolis, and Chicago. I can have the same amount of fun in all 3.

All 3 have good bars=Check
All 3 have pro teams=Check
All 3 have good shopping for the ladies=Check
All 3 have great places to eat=Check
KC usually has an advantage in the weather department


It's not like you're comparing NYC to Lincoln, NE.
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You really consider the Royals a professional team? :)

I like all 3 cities, but none of them are comparable. Chicago has the history, the culture, etc...KC is the young kid of the three, growing and wanting to be a big metropolis, but it's really just a 8-5 downtown with everyone in the areas surrounding the city, and Minneapolis is in between, but still needing St Paul to help it be a "metropolis"...

But like I said, all 3 have very great things going for them and are enjoyable, but my personal preference is Chicago 9 times out of 10.
 
Wesley said:
KC Arrowhead also?
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not unless they alternate with mile high...why would CU agree to give up a home game to a stadium 2 states away with a fanbase that barely makes it to home games against a fan base that would travel well if the game was on the moon.
 
CarolinaCy said:
First of all, Labor Day is a made-up holiday, much like Valentine's Day. I personally know of no one who celebrates this "holiday" other than getting a free vacation day on Monday. As many on this board have stated, make part of your Labor Day "celebration" a trip to Ames for an ISU football game on Saturday (hopefully next year).

Second, Thanksgiving is just barely above Labor Day on the holiday food chain. If this game is on the Saturday of Turkey Day weekend, then what's the big deal? Would you rather tailgate all day in KC and watch ISU pound the Wildcats or hang out at the in-laws all day where they will regale you with slides from their trip to Dollywood? I rest my case.
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Really? YOu mean the holiday that has the single most traveled day in the country (the Sunday after thanksgiving is the biggest air travel day in the US), the holiday most people consider being totally about family (and not presents and gift giving?)... I think more people make plans to be somewhere that weekend or have someone coming to see them. Labor Day more people are around and more freely able to do some travel plans to drive into Ames and such...
 
isuarch80 said:
You really consider the Royals a professional team? :)

I like all 3 cities, but none of them are comparable. Chicago has the history, the culture, etc...KC is the young kid of the three, growing and wanting to be a big metropolis, but it's really just a 8-5 downtown with everyone in the areas surrounding the city, and Minneapolis is in between, but still needing St Paul to help it be a "metropolis"...

But like I said, all 3 have very great things going for them and are enjoyable, but my personal preference is Chicago 9 times out of 10.
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Chicago = Big 10 country => Puke

KC = Big 12 country => WooHoo

Therefore

KC > Chicago


Put it in mathematical terms for all my engineer friends.
 
dmclone said:
BTW-I hate when people compare cities like KC, Minneapolis, and Chicago. I can have the same amount of fun in all 3.

All 3 have good bars=Check
All 3 have pro teams=Check
All 3 have good shopping for the ladies=Check
All 3 have great places to eat=Check
KC usually has an advantage in the weather department


It's not like you're comparing NYC to Lincoln, NE.
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Weather - advantage KC
Traffic - advantage KC
Cost of a visit- advantage KC
Proximity (at least to DSM) - advantage KC
most importantly, history with the Clones - advantage KC

So, KC is the numero uno, case closed. ..... of course I am a little biased on that....
 
cybsball20 said:
Not to get this to a JP bashing, because I'm a big fan of what he has done, but I think you hit it right there... Hit us in the pocket for season tickets, plus another neutral site that the department gets a cut...
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Although that sucks that there would be one less home game, you'd have to figure that if there WERE going to be 7 home games next year, the season ticket price would go up. Now it will probably stay the same. So us fans are not really out anything as far as cost for tickets. The people who get hurt are the Ames businesses. But I don't know that ISU owes the city that much...it's more like the other way around.
 
There is a pretty big fanbase in Chicago when it comes to ISU. Nothing compared to Iowa but there are a good amount of kids from Chicago going to ISU now. It may not beat KC right now but it will be pretty up there in around 10 years. Not to mention its home of the best team in baseball.
 
gocubs2118 said:
There is a pretty big fanbase in Chicago when it comes to ISU. Nothing compared to Iowa but there are a good amount of kids from Chicago going to ISU now. It may not beat KC right now but it will be pretty up there in around 10 years. Not to mention its home of the best team in baseball.
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The White Sox?
 
gocubs2118 said:
There is a pretty big fanbase in Chicago when it comes to ISU. Nothing compared to Iowa but there are a good amount of kids from Chicago going to ISU now. It may not beat KC right now but it will be pretty up there in around 10 years. Not to mention its home of the best team in baseball.
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I would agree. I think there are two different arguements. Is KC a better environment for ISU sports than Chicago? Yes. Is KC a better environment for great times in general? Not a chance.
 
isuarch80 said:
Really? YOu mean the holiday that has the single most traveled day in the country (the Sunday after thanksgiving is the biggest air travel day in the US), the holiday most people consider being totally about family (and not presents and gift giving?)... I think more people make plans to be somewhere that weekend or have someone coming to see them. Labor Day more people are around and more freely able to do some travel plans to drive into Ames and such...
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Well, I guess I could have put the phrase "IMO" in the post, but I figured that was pretty much implied.

I also prefer KC to Chicago on the whole, so what do I know.
 
isuarch80 said:
You really consider the Royals a professional team? :)

I like all 3 cities, but none of them are comparable. Chicago has the history, the culture, etc...KC is the young kid of the three, growing and wanting to be a big metropolis, but it's really just a 8-5 downtown with everyone in the areas surrounding the city, and Minneapolis is in between, but still needing St Paul to help it be a "metropolis"...

But like I said, all 3 have very great things going for them and are enjoyable, but my personal preference is Chicago 9 times out of 10.
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To me, Minneapolis has the benefits of a big city with a lot less negatives. Don't get me wrong, I love Chicago, but I can do all the things I enjoy doing in Minneapolis, and I don't have to pay $25/hour for parking, or be in a traffic jam on the highway at 1am

On the flip side, I do love cities where I do not have to drive and Chicago is an underrated city for bicycle riding....

Also, people in the Twin Cities go out in downtown and nearby past 5pm unlike KC or Des Moines.
 
So...

If this game would be guaranteed to be on National Television (something like ABC or ESPN NOT Versus) and would be scheduled the Saturday after Thanksgiving, then it would be huge news.
 
travman23 said:
I think I'll stick to Kelly's. That place has been very ISU friendly and the Power and Light district is going to hurt their business so think I would rather spend my money at Kelly's and throw some cold ones down with the ISU faithful than patronize a new place that doesn't have the established rep of supporting ISU.
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While I agree to a point and LOVE Kelly's, if you haven't been to Westport in awhile, you are in for a shock. That's a scary neighborhood now. We walked out of the bars at closing time last March and there was about 30 cops patroling the street and about 100 gangster looking hoodlums loitering around. We even heard a gunshot on the walk to the hotel. Count me in for Power and Light. If I have time, I'll cab it to Kelly's for a few beers.
 
Rogue52 said:
So...

If this game would be guaranteed to be on National Television (something like ABC or ESPN NOT Versus) and would be scheduled the Saturday after Thanksgiving, then it would be huge news.
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I think this is Huge news in general. I'll eat with the inlaws on Thursday, and chill friday morning. Friday night I'm going down to KC and partying on Sat!

Seriously, having the game in KC gives me a 90% higher chance I'd travel to this game....
 
dmclone said:
BTW-I hate when people compare cities like KC, Minneapolis, and Chicago. I can have the same amount of fun in all 3.

All 3 have good bars=Check
All 3 have pro teams=Check
All 3 have good shopping for the ladies=Check
All 3 have great places to eat=Check
KC usually has an advantage in the weather department


It's not like you're comparing NYC to Lincoln, NE.
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I would say that Chicago has a large advantage in the places to eat area, maybe shopping as well.

aeroclone said:
Weather - advantage KC
Traffic - advantage KC
Cost of a visit- advantage KC
Proximity (at least to DSM) - advantage KC
most importantly, history with the Clones - advantage KC

So, KC is the numero uno, case closed. ..... of course I am a little biased on that....
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Traffic is only an issue getting to Chicago, once you are there, you take the train or name your price for a cab... If you pay more than $10 for any single cab ride in Chicago then you just got suckerd... I HATE to drive, HATE IT.
 
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