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re: The Annual "Ballparks that are better than Hoover" Thread.
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:01 pm to Farmer1906
Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:01 pm to Farmer1906
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Why does this matter? Football Championship is never centrally located and the basketball one rarely is either.
To point out the obvious, baseball is not football. The fan support isn't nearly as significant and the football championship only involves two teams.
It's not so much about geographic centrality as it's a matter of how many teams are within a 4 hour drive and Birmingham is the optimal spot in that regard: Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss State, Georgia, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt are within that 4 hour span which is half of the current SEC. Columbia, SC and New Orleans are 5 hours (Baton Rouge, 6). You don't really have this kind of geographic set up in any other city.
I guess Huntsville or Chattanooga could work, but I see no reason to do that. Im all in favor of it moving to Regions but Birmingham does actually make sense
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Posted on 5/20/24 at 5:16 pm to Bama Bird
Just posting here to put a vote in for the Shrine on Airline in Metarie, LA.
Former home of the New Orleans Zephyrs. Seats 10,000. And looking at Google Maps, it appears to have plenty of parking.
Former home of the New Orleans Zephyrs. Seats 10,000. And looking at Google Maps, it appears to have plenty of parking.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 5/20/24 at 6:13 pm to Bama Bird
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Birmingham is the optimal spot in that regard:
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(Baton Rouge, 6)
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Bama Bird
of fricking course lolol
Posted on 5/20/24 at 7:39 pm to Bama Bird
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It's not so much about geographic centrality as it's a matter of how many teams are within a 4 hour drive and Birmingham is the optimal spot in that regard: Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss State, Georgia, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt are within that 4 hour span which is half of the current SEC. Columbia, SC and New Orleans are 5 hours (Baton Rouge, 6). You don't really have this kind of geographic set up in any other city.
Driving to games. How quaint.
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