<p>^^^</p>
<p>Agreed. UA and UF have not control over this.</p>
<p>And, yes, larger stadiums should be used so that more students can attend.</p>
<p>^^^That would be nice, but I think there is more money to be made in the Georgia Dome and it’s always about the money.</p>
<p>It is smaller, and having the SECCG at another venue would not prevent selling more ticket packages to SEC fans. They could sell ten thousand more seats to annual ticket holders, and still be able to add 10,000 more students from each school. The Dome is overrated for sure. Have the game in the afternoon before it is cold. Again, Id rather it be played in Neyland than the Dome. Why should Atlanta get all the money? Reward SEC campus hosting cities instead.</p>
<p>In a word, Suites…That’s my guess and lots of big corporations in Atlanta willing to shell out big dollars.</p>
<p>If the Georgia Dome and Atlanta were an overrated site for a game, then why would teams in the SEC and ACC agree to give up one home game (and millions of dollars generated locally) to play in a pre-season bowl-type atmosphere?</p>
<p>Atlanta is a better site for the SEC championship game than Knoxville for the same reason that Tampa is a better site for the Super Bowl than Jacksonville. It’s a bigger market and there are more local sponsors there. You think Coke and Home Depot are going to throw as much money to a game held in Baton Rouge as they are to game held in Atlanta? Who does Baton Rouge have to offer the type of money to compensate for that type of loss to the SEC?</p>
<p>As for moaning about it all being the money, surely you guys realize that much of that evil money goes to the schools?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I think - for this game - that some of the money goes to the schools, and a lot of the money goes to the SEC itself. The SEC has to fund its budget, its staff, its commericials, etc.</p>
<p>And, I think that national sponsors (like Coke, Home Depot, Nike) are going to throw money wherever the game is played because the game will be nationally televised. It’s the national audience’s attention that they want, not just the locals surrounding the stadium. The “money” is about TV.</p>
<p>^^ I’m not sure so sure about that. Bowls have national audiences as well, but that doesn’t mean they can be anywhere and expect to get the big sponsor bucks.</p>
<p>Personally, I think that the SECCG is NOT at a campus site. It lends the game a bowl game-like atmosphere. This, and the big city locale, give the game credibility (which lead to more $$$, of course). The Big 12 and ACC apparently concur as they have the championship games in neutral, big city locales.</p>
<p>As for the game always being in Altanta, I wouldn’t mind the game shifting to the Superdome in New Orleans every so often. Maybe Tampa and Nashville also?</p>
<p>I vote for the Superdome.</p>
<p>How big is Nashville’s stadium?</p>
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<p>Vandy’s stadium is tiny compared to the likes of Bama and UT.</p>
<p>But LP Field, where the Titans play holds about 69k. So about slightly smaller than the Georgia Dome.</p>
<p>[LP</a> Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_Field]LP”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_Field)</p>
<p>But I agree, so the Superdome would be very cool.
All though it would be a little weird because say this year the game was played in NOLA at the Superdome. The winner of UF vs. Bama will go out to CA and play in the BCS Championship(this year, because it is 1 vs. 2). But the loser will stay in NOLA and represent the SEC in the Sugar Bowl.
It would be even weirder if the Superdome was hosting the Sugar Bowl and the BCS Championship game, with a scenario like this year. </p>
<p>But oh well, that is a relatively minor concern.</p>
<p>Super Dome should be considered!!</p>
<p>BTW…I was glad that during Senior Day at yesterday’s game, that all the senior players got to play. I was also glad that Bama pulled out it’s first string after the first half and didn’t really run up the scoreboard like it could have done. I felt so badly for those UT-Chat players, they must have felt that they were playing the pros. </p>
<p>Now…on to the Iron Bowl. Roll Tide! (but only a few days to prepare - including Thanksgiving!)</p>
<p>The city itself does make more of a difference than you think. Many people will go to Atlanta for the game even though they don’t have tickets. Why? Because it’s Atlanta. A bigger city. People without tickets would more likely go “watch” the game in a bigger city than if it were held in a small city.</p>
<p>I think that New Orleans is just as much of a destination city (or more so) than Atlanta is.</p>
<p>New Orleans and Atlanta are definitely the destination cities of the Deep South.</p>
<p>Well actually Orlando is THE destination city if the south.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Very true… I <3 Orlando!</p>
<p>Is there a big stadium there (around the 90k capacity range)</p>
<p>I don’t consider Orlando part of the Deep South.</p>
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<p>No, the Citrus Bowl only holds 70K.</p>