jacknicholson
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What is not true
NCAA Why Not Des Moines
- Thread starter hawkihayes
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Some numbers:
Des Moines metro is the 88th largest @ 570K (possibly already over 600K by now)
Dayton is 66th largest @ 840K (and shrinking)
If Des Moines continues to grow, I wouldn't be shocked to see them attract an opening round in another decade...of course, there are a lot more factors than just pop, though.
1977Hawkeye
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They've hosted games in Boise, Idaho for Pete's sake. Don't think that's very close to anything..
ssckelley
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I think your right. I sit on a board of a non profit and we typically set up our annual meetings in Des Moines. We always have to check out the football schedule for Iowa state because we struggle getting the hotel we want. It is the same way in Cedar Rapids/Iowa City when Iowa has a home game. Plus I think the size of the airport is part of the problem. There is not many commercial flights in and out of Des Moines or Cedar Rapids.
clicheusername3
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Seriously did anyone read my post? Go check the requirements (I recommend Google) then check Dayton and Boise vs. Des Moines and look at the # of hotel rooms within the required radius from the arena. Its that simple. It has nothing to do with population or how cool your city is. The Well seats enough people to be a viable venue.
GoHawks24
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Sorry, wasn't referring to that Jack. I was referring to ssckelley. Dayton, Ohio is definitely NOT 4x the size of Des Moines population-wise. Dayton's metropolitan is bigger, but not anywhere near 4x bigger.
jacknicholson
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ssckelley
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Yeah, that is a head scratcher. Their arena only sits 12,000. But there is a lot of money in Boise perhaps they put together a very attractive package for the NCAA and have better hotel accommodations.
ssckelley
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ok, I was thinking Des Moines was 200K and Dayton was 800K not including either metro areas.
ssckelley
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If you have researched this already share! You have numbers on the hotel rooms in these different areas?
GoHawks24
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Lol.. are you just ignoring certain posts in the thread? Maybe you have me on ignore and that's why you haven't admitted you were talking out of your *** when you said that Dayton is 4x bigger than Des Moines. It's already been answered- there are not enough hotel rooms within a close enough distance of the Well.
You are forgetting that Columbus and Cincinnati are both an hour away from Dayton with enormous metros. Des Moines will never have that much population close to it and doesn't have near enough hotels.
clicheusername3
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I did this last year when Boise was a host city and it was ******* me and a co-worker off. I spent a hole day at work on this. Sorry I didn't make a spreadsheet or anything. My source was the internet, so its all there for you already
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GoHawks24
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There is a lot of traffic tonight.
And yes, that would be totally awesome to see DSM host a few tourney games. I would be there in an instant, even if there weren't any Iowa teams involved.
GoHawks24
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DSM is definitely growing. Hopefully the increased # of hotels allows us to host a few games in the near future.
