Could Uni Ever Host?

[PantherHawk]

I was wondering could UNI ever host the 1st round or 2nd round games in the UNI Dome? Have they ever tried? I was just wondering, I know Capacity during football games is 16,259 or something like that. Is there anyway they could haul in some special bleachers and accomadte it or not? Just a topic for discussion, i am really bored beings I don't get the dang KSU vs USC match-up

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Could Uni Ever Host?

The minimum to host is only 12,000 seats....but the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area has about half the required number of hotel rooms.

[UNI_12]

Re: Could Uni Ever Host?

No...it's an absolutely horrible place to watch a college basketball game...and if Des Moines is struggling to get it with Wells Fargo, I doubt Cedar Falls would fair any better.

[PantherHawk]

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Well i know with wells fargo its not the seating, its the availability of the arena. I guess they signed a bunch of contracts to host some shows and other stuff so they are booked for a while! They did it, in order to get it built. I think the UNI DOME would be a sweet place to hold NCAA games. What CF/Waterloo don't have that many hotel rooms? Come on, open up some Dorms then or something. Try and get some MONEY in there, you know Creighton is making Bank on this!!!! What would it take to get it there? How can we do it?

[TH1974]

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If they add another generic tournament two rungs below the CBI, UNI might host one of those games.

[Matt Trump]

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The thing with Wells Fargo is that the NCAA makes the arenas jump through hoops by hosting other events to prove they can pull it off. Its all part of the courting process to proove that the area is able to handle it. Omaha hosted Volleyball champtionships recently and has always done a fine job with the College World Series. Des Moines will be hosting the national championships for Track and Field, the USA championships for T and F, the Women's Basketball Regional this weekend, amongst other things. Once Des Moines passes all of these tests, they will get a regional.

[SMK4UNI]

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Try and get some MONEY in there, you know Creighton is making Bank on this!!!!

Is Creighton making any money with the games at the Qwest Center? If I remember right, the city owns the arena and Creighton is the main user.

[Newsbreaker]

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The thing with Wells Fargo is that the NCAA makes the arenas jump through hoops by hosting other events to prove they can pull it off. Its all part of the courting process to proove that the area is able to handle it. Omaha hosted Volleyball champtionships recently and has always done a fine job with the College World Series. Des Moines will be hosting the national championships for Track and Field, the USA championships for T and F, the Women's Basketball Regional this weekend, amongst other things. Once Des Moines passes all of these tests, they will get a regional.

That's exactly right. Des Moines will get a First/Second round eventually, it's just going to take a little more time.

The Track events are huge, and when they are successfully held (and they will be) they're going to end up with some huge rewards...NCAA Mens' first/second rounds AND a US Olympic Trials. The fact that Iowa State is in Des Moines for the women's tourney tomorrow helps a lot as well.

Wells Fargo will be a great place for First/Second round when it happens. The area around Wells Fargo is alive, the building is connected via skyway to almost every building downtown, and the arena is a very good size.

[SteinPizza]

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Well i know with wells fargo its not the seating, its the availability of the arena. I guess they signed a bunch of contracts to host some shows and other stuff so they are booked for a while! They did it, in order to get it built. I think the UNI DOME would be a sweet place to hold NCAA games. What CF/Waterloo don't have that many hotel rooms? Come on, open up some Dorms then or something. Try and get some MONEY in there, you know Creighton is making Bank on this!!!! What would it take to get it there? How can we do it?

Not realistic, and Trump's post above points out the steps respective cities need to go through.

You can't be serious with the "dorm" comment above, right??? The hotel rooms probably have little to do with the teams, much more to do with the fans/visitors and housing for the media.

One other point...I'm willing to bet there's some sort of air access requirement as well, meaning the host city must have a certain number of flights from a variety of cities/airlines. You obviously don't need a major hub airport, otherwise Omaha and many college towns could never host. But I'm also guessing Waterloo doesn't cut it, assuming I'm correct.

[Big Cats]

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I think hotels in the area would be a problem. I recall when the National Duels were held at the Dome. Teams were in hotels outside of the CF/W'loo area. One team even stayed at the Super 8 at the Independence/Vinton exit on I-380!