bsisson Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) Dealing with a hotel we've been using a few years they mentioned doing a 2 year contract next year, but later stated that they can't do that because the NBA All-Star Game is being hosted in Indianapolis 2024. I thought this couldn't be right but the date for IHSAA State is Feb 16-17 and looking at the NBA website they have All-Star Weekend listed as Feb 16-18. Even if it is some how figured out how to host both events by holding other events at Butler, hotel prices will probably be astronomically high all around Indy. The hotel we deal with already said they are contracted for meeting space and guest rooms that weekend. Edited March 3, 2022 by bsisson JoeCoffey, MUSKEEWRESTLER and lanntp01 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCard Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) Hopefully all of the events surrounding this weekend will be held at the more spacious and more $eating of Lucas Oil Stadium. Guess we will have to wait and see. UPDATE: Well, looked it up myself and does appear it will be at Gainbridge. Last time it was hosted by Indy was 1985, but it was at the Hoosier Dome. Edited March 3, 2022 by XCard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silence Dogood Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Conspiracy theory: they will use low attendance at the Friday morning session and this conflict to stop having state at Gainbridge. Cricket21 and ontherise219 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahawkeye Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Hate to lose Gainbridge but could we do New Castle? Would Lucas Oil be an option? Anybody else have any ideas? Or we try to postpone sectionals by one week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ahawkeye said: Hate to lose Gainbridge but could we do New Castle? Would Lucas Oil be an option? Anybody else have any ideas? Or we try to postpone sectionals by one week? If the NBA All-Star game is going on we need to stay away from downtown Indy. Cricket21 and Dave Huff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Culp Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Assembly Hall -17,000 Mackey Arena -14,200 Ft Wayne coliseum- 13,000 but fits 4 mats really nicely What other options am I missing? Our numbers now are roughly 18,000 tickets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, Blane Culp said: Assembly Hall -17,000 Mackey Arena -14,200 Ft Wayne coliseum- 13,000 but fits 4 mats really nicely What other options am I missing? Our numbers now are roughly 18,000 tickets? Will the Blane Culp MegaColiseum be complete by then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 25 minutes ago, Blane Culp said: Assembly Hall -17,000 Mackey Arena -14,200 Ft Wayne coliseum- 13,000 but fits 4 mats really nicely What other options am I missing? Our numbers now are roughly 18,000 tickets? Worthen Arena - 11,500 horseofadifferentcolor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Scholar Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 31 minutes ago, Blane Culp said: Assembly Hall -17,000 Mackey Arena -14,200 Ft Wayne coliseum- 13,000 but fits 4 mats really nicely What other options am I missing? Our numbers now are roughly 18,000 tickets? Lucas Oil- 67000 piscis1956 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisionQuest87 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 There is no way State finals could be held on the same weekend as the NBA All-Star weekend. If you look at the number of people who attend this event, it's crazy. It's not just a game. It is a full weekend of events. There would be no hotel rooms, no where to eat and the number of people just walking around would be crazy. Only solution would be move it to another weekend. I just can not see having State finals any where else other than downtown Indianapolis. I know in the 80's we had it at New Castle because of the weather. I was there and it was not the same electric feeling as MSA, Conseco or now Gainbridge. Do not care what anyone says nothing compares to spending the weekend in Indy for State Finals. D Summar, MUSKEEWRESTLER and WrestleMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsisson Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Ahawkeye said: Hate to lose Gainbridge but could we do New Castle? Would Lucas Oil be an option? Anybody else have any ideas? Or we try to postpone sectionals by one week? The Girls Basketball State Finals is typically the weekend after us so postponing a week doesn't really help unless you postpone them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Lucas Oil Stadium, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Joyce Center, or Mackey Arena may be suitable replacements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Originally Indianapolis was supposed to host the NBA All-Star game in 2021. The original dates were February 12-14, which was the week before state. It will depend upon what kind of contract the IHSAA and Gainbridge has for the state finals. MUSKEEWRESTLER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 If we are all realizing this then hopefully someone at the IHSAA does or is getting a reminder of it soon. It is definitely something for them to address soon while plenty of planning options are still possible. MUSKEEWRESTLER and Ahawkeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 @Y2CJ41, maybe The Plex South in February is much cooler than in September? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silence Dogood Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 I'll throw out arsenal tech high school or the barns at the state fairgrounds as alternative options. Y2CJ41 and piscis1956 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 From the latest IHSAA minutes MUSKEEWRESTLER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie78 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Unless the nba all star game features Jordan, Bird, Magic, Shaq, Dominique, Barkley, i don't want to see it.......cancel the game. KLH, Anthony Snyder and piscis1956 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 1 hour ago, rookie78 said: Unless the nba all star game features Jordan, Bird, Magic, Shaq, Dominique, Barkley, i don't want to see it.......cancel the game. Dave Huff, piscis1956, Ahawkeye and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Have Butler hit up some road games that weekend and I’d be good with Henkle Fieldhouse as a replacement. It still in a center Indianapolis location, its an arena over a Hs gym, and it’s seating capacity hits around the regular finals attendance. MUSKEEWRESTLER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSKEEWRESTLER Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 12 hours ago, MattM said: Have Butler hit up some road games that weekend and I’d be good with Henkle Fieldhouse as a replacement. It still in a center Indianapolis location, its an arena over a Hs gym, and it’s seating capacity hits around the regular finals attendance. That was my first thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aoberlin Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I will just continue to say this for the rest of my life. Basketball Sucks! MUSKEEWRESTLER and piscis1956 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 What about just moving the State Finals back a week. Having a "off" week between semistate and state? CoachDuke2.0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 1 minute ago, AJ said: What about just moving the State Finals back a week. Having a "off" week between semistate and state? The girls state finals are the week afterward so then they'd have to be shifted a week or to a new venue. I honestly doubt the IHSAA would want to have two state championships on the same weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busstogate Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I would like to see state at the FTW War Memorial. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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