TripleB Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 How long until the new arena in Eville is ready? Will Roberts be torn down? Will SS be moved to the new arena or will it be moved to a new city? Where should SS go if it is moved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrer121 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour has a big gym and is more centraly located so its even distance for everone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUBjj171 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Bu I'm sure they would move it to the arena when it's done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
base Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I vote for under the dome at West Baden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md85 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour has a big gym and is more centraly located so its even distance for everone I have been to Seymour's gym for Semistate. Not big enough, not enough seating, not enough parking, not enough concessions, and mostly terrible viev of the mats. Whichever side you are sitting on, you cannot see the closest half of the two mats on your side. Terrible place to hold the Semistate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrecoISU Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I actually enjoy Roberts Stadium... It may be two hours from home, but it is a great wrestling venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I have been to Seymour's gym for Semistate. Not big enough, not enough seating, not enough parking, not enough concessions, and mostly terrible viev of the mats. Whichever side you are sitting on, you cannot see the closest half of the two mats on your side. Terrible place to hold the Semistate. +1 here I hated Seymour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I have been to Seymour's gym for Semistate. Not big enough, not enough seating, not enough parking, not enough concessions, and mostly terrible viev of the mats. Whichever side you are sitting on, you cannot see the closest half of the two mats on your side. Terrible place to hold the Semistate. Some have just been spoiled by Roberts Stadium and in thier view a new location should be as good if not better than it. I will say I enjoy Roberts Stadium aside from the long journey there. I'm not sure Seymour will be holding Semi-state again (though we may like individual regionals instead), but Seymour to say it was not big enough isn't exactly true. If used properly Seymour's space was being enough to hold such an event. Try someplace like M-ville Semi-State and then let me know what you think. Unlike some years if we utilizing the top side bleachers too their would be plenty of seating in the top sections for all without being to crowded. While parking was crowded spaces was available on in the street parking and the back parking lot for those that got their later. It just ment walking a few feet further than some wanted to. Also like most events seating and parking were never issues after the first round since most people cleared out anyway. By using more concession stands (only one or two of the four top ones were used before) their would be plenty of concessions. I'm not sure how bad the view was from certain locations but moving the mats slightly towards the center more and by people having room to sit in a better location most of the problem would be solved too. Again, I'm not sure Seymour will be holding a Semi-State again so this is not a pitch to get it back, but rather an explination that is could be a good location if used better. If we do not find a deal that works with the new E-ville stadium I'm not sure where else besides IU hosting we could get a large enough location besides Seymour. But, hey I would be all for Bloomington South/North hosting at IU and we can pick up Individual Regionals from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theckman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour has a big gym and is more centraly located so its even distance for everone Seymour is more centrally located? From where? What map are you looking at? It's a three-hour trip from Evansville which is what some teams have to travel now. How is that more centrally located? The AD at Seymour didn't want to host it anymore and gave it up. The seating for teams was horrible. They used to pull out about three rows of bleachers on floor. That was never enough. Before that, the semistate was held at Bloomington North HS, with it being at Bloomington South one year. Still a three-hour trip from E'ville. I'm more than a bit prejudiced but when the semistate moved to Evansville, I think the attendance increased therefore providing more revenue. I don't think the IHSAA (I know that's a dirty word right now) will move it as long as that keeps up. I don't know where they'll hold it after the new arena is done, but I hope it never leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiralride1 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Let's all hope that SS NEVER leaves Eville. There is no other venue around that can provide what Roberts Stadium does. Ample parking, ample seating, and the wrestlers will tell you (from the floor) there is nothing else like it for a SS. The SPACE on the floor is a tournament director's dream. You have the flexibility to do whatever you want or need. The atmosphere there is awesome and every kid down there deserves every second of it. And it is HYPE'D. It is several steps up from a normal gymnasium. It is an excellent building block to prep wrestlers for the different "feel" the next level (State) has. I've also heard that Roberts would not be torn down until the new one was all the way up. I agree w/ theckman, I know I'm prejudice but that drive to Seymour sucked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour is more centrally located? From where? What map are you looking at? Seymour is more centrally located than Evansville is. You don't realize that the Evansville semi-state encompasses pretty much everything south of Indianapolis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theckman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour is more centrally located than Evansville is. You don't realize that the Evansville semi-state encompasses pretty much everything south of Indianapolis. I most certainly do realize it encompasses everything south of Indy. And it used to include Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Southport, Indy Washington and some others. That still doesn't make Seymour more centrally located when you're talking about places like Terre Haute, Vincennes, Princeton, and Evansville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier2012 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour is more centrally located? From where? What map are you looking at? Seymour is more centrally located in the state of Indiana, I suggest you look at a map. It's just off of I-65 which runs directly through the middle of Indiana. As for the drive Evansville is a two to three hour trip for most of the teams in the HHC. Also, with the exception of the Castle regional, the other three regionals are all more than an hour closer to Seymour than they are to Evansville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I'm sure most can realize if we went for the place what was prefectly central in location or had the shortest overall driving distance for all we would be in a 2A gym someplace. After narrowing the area down to gyms that can hold such and event in Southern Indiana I would say Evansville old/new Stadium (corner of area), Seymours Gym (semi-central), or Assembly Hall at IU (semi-central) may be the only decent location. Unless you can put Hinkle Fieldhouse (corner of area) in that region too??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Check out a map, Seymour is much more in the central of that gigantic area than Evansville is. Some teams have to drive 3-4 hours to get to Evansville, like Franklin and Avon and Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theckman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour is more centrally located in the state of Indiana, I suggest you look at a map. It's just off of I-65 which runs directly through the middle of Indiana. As for the drive Evansville is a two to three hour trip for most of the teams in the HHC. Also, with the exception of the Castle regional, the other three regionals are all more than an hour closer to Seymour than they are to Evansville. Seymour IS more centrally located than Evansville, ok (actually, almost anywhere is more centrally located than E'ville). But it is still a three-hour trip from this side of the state. The Seymour gym was not very fan or team friendly. Not enough hotels (we had to stay in Scottsburg and Columbus at times) and there were not enough eating establishments to handle the amount of people. If you can find a place around Bloomington, even though it's still a three-hour drive from here, THAT I could understand, but not Seymour. Regardless of where you put it, the Evansville semistate includes such a large area somebody is going to travel 3 or more hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier2012 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 This was a topic to discuss other options in case Roberts Stadium wasn't up after this year, which is why there was talk about moving it out of Evansville. Its all theoretical and there is no need to get upset. I would agree though that somewhere in Bloomington would be a good idea, the afforementioned Assembly Hall would be my pick, but good luck getting IU to let the IHSAA use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskin Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 just to throw it out there what does Paoli and BNL gyms look like? They prob would be the dead center of the area if you wanted to be technical. I wouldn't mind seeing the SS come back to seymour though. I agree you can't beat roberts stadium but I also would love a 20 min drive over a 3 hour one I have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theckman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 This was a topic to discuss other options in case Roberts Stadium wasn't up after this year, which is why there was talk about moving it out of Evansville. Its all theoretical and there is no need to get upset. I would agree though that somewhere in Bloomington would be a good idea, the afforementioned Assembly Hall would be my pick, but good luck getting IU to let the IHSAA use it. You are correct. It's just as one who made those three-hour treks to Bloomington and Seymour it sticks in my craw when people complain about the drive to Evansville. How about this for opening another can of worms: when I-69 is completed, it won't be a three-hour drive from Indy to get here anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extra6 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Seymour is more centrally located? From where? What map are you looking at? It's a three-hour trip from Evansville which is what some teams have to travel now. How is that more centrally located? The AD at Seymour didn't want to host it anymore and gave it up. The seating for teams was horrible. They used to pull out about three rows of bleachers on floor. That was never enough. Before that, the semistate was held at Bloomington North HS, with it being at Bloomington South one year. Still a three-hour trip from E'ville. I'm more than a bit prejudiced but when the semistate moved to Evansville, I think the attendance increased therefore providing more revenue. I don't think the IHSAA (I know that's a dirty word right now) will move it as long as that keeps up. I don't know where they'll hold it after the new arena is done, but I hope it never leaves. You look at a map! some schools like Franklin Avon Mooresville Indian Creek all them have to drive 4 hours to get to Eville so i dont wannahere about your 3 hour trip anywhere lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin189 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I would love for it to be at assembly hall. ID have a 5 minute walk to some great wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theckman Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Read an earlier post. I agreed that I was wrong; Seymour is more centrally located that E'ville. And if you don't want to hear about three hour drives, don't read the posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md85 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I may be wrong, but I believe the regional with the biggest attendance at this semistate is the Castle regional. More people attend from EMD, Reitz, Castle and Memorial than any two other Regionals combined. Shouldn't it be the place with the least drive for the most people? Plus I think you get more people in this area who will attend if it is close rather than 3 hours away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier2012 Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 So you're taking into account the fanbase but not the wrestlers? After sitting in the middle of an MD crowd at semi-state a few years ago, I believe MD, Castle, Memorial, and all of the other Evansville teams fans are devoted enough to travel where ever their teams go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
base Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Are there any venues around the Jeffersonville/New Albany area that could work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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