They didn't use the entire stadium for swimming nationals

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Mar 24, 2025
12:08:55pm

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They didn't use the entire stadium for swimming nationals

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ProvoY

Mar 24, 11:47am

Where is that

Mar 24, 11:48am

without looking I'd guess indianapolis

TN_Coug

Mar 24, 11:49am

Yes, MW regional is in Indianapolis, so that would be Lucas Oil Stadium

cougarfan84

Mar 24, 11:51am

My only comment would be that everyone thought doing the national swim trials there would be a disaster, but it

P-Boy Squad

Mar 24, 11:55am

They used the entire stadium though. These 1/2 stadium set-ups leave weird

Thrill

Mar 24, 12:05pm

They didn't use the entire stadium for swimming nationals

P-Boy Squad

Mar 24, 12:08pm

My bad, I thought they set it up right in the middle.

Thrill

Mar 24, 12:11pm

I thought only the final four was in the football stadium

Plato

Mar 24, 11:51am

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ProvoY

Mar 24, 11:52am

So dumb. I went to the final four in Dallas. Awful in football stadium

Plato

Mar 24, 11:58am

Regionals are less likely to be in football stadiums, but it still happens

cougarfan84

Mar 24, 11:57am

Been playing them in football stadiums for 40 years

1984coug

Mar 24, 11:52am

And? What does that have to do with the original post?

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 12:33pm

It's honestly better to do it that way than when they try to do it in the middle

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 11:54am

Hence his claim that it's absurd to play bball in a football stadium.

Ghost of Peanut

Mar 24, 11:58am

Hence my thumbs up of his post.

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 12:09pm

The only defense I can make with the Alamo Dome is that the Spurs played there

cougarfan84

Mar 24, 11:59am

The Final Four in Arizona at State Farm Stadium where the Cardinals play was fine. (Except for being in Glendale.)

Brisket

Mar 24, 11:58am

That looks terrible. Can barely see the court

Plato

Mar 24, 11:59am

That's what happens with wide angle photos. In person it was fine from the upper deck.

Brisket

Mar 24, 12:05pm

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ProvoY

Mar 24, 12:14pm

I sat a lot closer than that in Dallas and was annoyed how little we cld see

Plato

Mar 24, 12:37pm

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Brisket

Mar 24, 12:06pm

Is there a singe decent seat in the entire arena?

byubyu

Mar 24, 12:04pm

Indeed there were many GREAT seats.

Brisket

Mar 24, 12:06pm

If the two photos you posted are your definition of "fine" for watching a basketball game,

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 12:12pm

Well, the last time the Final Four was held in an actual basketball arena was 1996.

Brisket

Mar 24, 12:16pm

And I'm not pushing to change that.

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 12:29pm

$$$

1984coug

Mar 24, 12:30pm

I think you're missing the point. Are the sightlines fantastic compared to an NBA arena? No.

Brisket

Mar 24, 12:47pm

Michael Jordan played in the Superdome.. people shouldn’t be acting like this is

1984coug

Mar 24, 12:30pm

Who is acting like this is new?

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 12:32pm

every year someone complains about how they should never have gone this route

1984coug

Mar 24, 12:46pm

Cool. We agree then that the view's not great. That was my whole point.

IdahoCoug

Mar 24, 1:01pm

Especially for a regional final. I get it for a final four having been to a

Mar 24, 12:15pm

Problem is they want more than 15k seats, and unless you start using baseball

BigTex

Mar 24, 12:40pm

I've sat in the nose bleeds of Lucas Oil Stadium. No bueno and binoculars will

MajorZeus

Mar 24, 12:43pm

and tickets are going for over $700 - so there is demand

Mar 24, 1:27pm

Again, $$$

Doogal McCougar

Mar 24, 3:00pm

Imagine how much that would be with half of the tickets.

Mar 24, 5:04pm

I went to a sweet 16 in San Antonio like that. It was fine.

ATX

Mar 24, 3:22pm

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