True about demands as there were none.
But they did ask questions and weren't too thrilled with some of our answers.
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But they did ask questions and weren't too thrilled with some of our answers.
It wasn't Russia: it was Hamas and the Houthis, both backed by Iran. C'mon, get with current events buddy!
Please don't -- somebody will think you're serious.
I don't doubt that you're right, but if I were the Big Ten, I would have been a lot more interested in Rutgers having a commitment to do things to improve the competitiveness of the program (like better training facilities to attract and develop good recruits) than in the number of seats in the stadium.
No not at all. They arrived and took a tour of the new Stadium the day before and were shocked. Again it was all about the TV money.
no that was definitely Nebraska time as Alvarez had a hard on for them. They were needed for the champ game payout. Alvarez played that beautifully though as everything worked for Nebraska including the AAU loss of a year later
You're making fun, and that's appropriate. But being older than you are, I can tell you that there was a time when splitting TV revenue equally among all NFL teams was controversial. Pete Rozelle, then NFL commissioner, had to lobby the owners vigorously for it. A similar proposal in MLB in the early 1960s was denounced as "socialism." It's a blessing to Rutgers that the B1G follows this "socialist" approach. Sometimes what once seemed radical becomes the conventional wisdom.
The hottest ticket in the history of the New York area - by far - is the June cricket game between India and Pakistan.
I applied for tickets and learned the demand was 200 times the number of seats. The game will be played at a makeshift stadium in a Long Island park.
Cheapest seats going for $1,000+ on secondary market.
What is sad is Rutgers could have hosted this game.
Here's a Youtube video. The stadium, which is under construction, will seat 34,000 fans. There have been four million requests for tickets from around the world. Some will be set aside to be raffled off among Nassau County residents.
Was there a particular reason no Rutgers?
If they can get 35000, why not Redbull or Metlife. Doesn't seem specific to Rutgers with other venues in the area that could have been used.
Seems like they wanted to build it for multiple games, I assume with the intention of keeping a higher percentage of profits....
If they can get 35000, why not Redbull or Metlife. Doesn't seem specific to Rutgers with other venues in the area that could have been used.
Seems like they wanted to build it for multiple games, I assume with the intention of keeping a higher percentage of profits....
Don't think a cricket field fits into football stadiums.
I wrote about this in November.
Cricket field dimensions are too big for US sports stadiums. The original idea was to play New York metro games at a temporary facility in the Bronx. But Bronx residents didn’t want it. Nassau County stepped up when I thought Rutgers was a more logical host for a cricket World Cup.
I don’t think Pat Hobbs recognized the massiveness of the opportunity to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors onto campus or the fact that hundreds of millions across world would watch the cricket games and be introduced to Rutgers University.
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So if Cricket fields are too massive for US sports venues where do you think they could play at Rutgers? Do we have a hidden cricket field on one of the campuses???I wrote about this in November.
Cricket field dimensions are too big for US sports stadiums. The original idea was to play New York metro games at a temporary facility in the Bronx. But Bronx residents didn’t want it. Nassau County stepped up when I thought Rutgers was a more logical host for a cricket World Cup.
I don’t think Pat Hobbs recognized the massiveness of the opportunity to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors onto campus or the fact that hundreds of millions across world would watch the cricket games and be introduced to Rutgers University.
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Busch campus north of the visitors center.
Plenty of room there for a cricket field and temporary stands.
It is my understanding that the ICC (the sponsors of the event) is paying for the Nassau stadium, so I assume the same would have been true at Rutgers. I'm not endorsing the idea, but I thought that fact is important in discussing it.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-unveils-new-cricket-stadium-ahead-of-t20-world-cup
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-unveils-new-cricket-stadium-ahead-of-t20-world-cup
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Hahaha. So tear down the existing Recreation Complex and spend money to build a temporary cricket stadium. Yes, that would go over well. I'm sure cricket fans aren't interested in a campus tour just to go to a cricket game.
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Cricket matches involving India often attract far more viewers than the Super Bowl. New York metro will host 3 India games. That is a lot of eyeballs on the local venue.
