MattM Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) The next closest arena semi-centralized location after Butler's Henkle Fieldhouse would be IU, Purdue, or Ball State. But that again means working around their basketball schedules. Thus why I hope the IHSAA is being proactive and trying to see what these type of arrangement can be made now. Most college ADs try to keep almost a year ahead on organizing their schedules so the IHSAA isn’t going to get much headway waiting until next year to solve this. Unfortunately the State Fairgrounds Colosseum is a little to small seating wise as a realistic option as well as several more none centralized options. If the IHSAA end up dragging their feet to long or feels securing a nice college venue isn't a major priority they we will end up setting on a cramped HS gym that barely holds 8,000 or even less participants/fans. If the state finals are suppose to be an honored experience I'm not sure a HS gym is the way to go (even if they would do a solid job hosting). Some of the centrally located big HS gym AD would really get my respect if rather than jump at the opportunity they first kindly asked the IHSAA to first exhaust every possible scenarios of making it into a semi-centralized college arena. Edited April 1, 2022 by MattM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbulldog152 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 I feel bad for the class of 2024. They will enter their senior years without having the true experience of state. As freshman they had to deal with split first round, no parade and limited seating. As Sophomores they at least had full attendance a a modified parade but the split first round did interfere with the feel of the first day not getting to do the parade as a team. Now it looks like as Juniors they'll have to doit in a different venue. bwoodjc89 and piscis1956 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscis1956 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Too bad they tore down MSA. (IJK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwoodjc89 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 2 hours ago, bbulldog152 said: I feel bad for the class of 2024. They will enter their senior years without having the true experience of state. As freshman they had to deal with split first round, no parade and limited seating. As Sophomores they at least had full attendance a a modified parade but the split first round did interfere with the feel of the first day not getting to do the parade as a team. Now it looks like as Juniors they'll have to doit in a different venue. Agree but it's their Senior year when this occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbulldog152 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 4 hours ago, bwoodjc89 said: Agree but it's their Senior year when this occurs. Yea I caught that when there was the Facebook post about it... I still feel that class has had to deal with a lot. bwoodjc89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwoodjc89 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 2 hours ago, bbulldog152 said: Yea I caught that when there was the Facebook post about it... I still feel that class has had to deal with a lot. 100% aoberlin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestlingfan937 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Only one place can solve this…. it’s not what we want but it is what we need…. 2024 state finals will be held at…. The world famous!!………Spartan Bowl! Y2CJ41 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aoberlin Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 22 hours ago, bwoodjc89 said: 100% Yep. You guys have great group of kids coming through. bwoodjc89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blorek Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Purdue or IU must be able to host this event. They hosted the Big10’s. I’m sure IHSAA will find the best location for the wrestlers. MUSKEEWRESTLER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_flo78 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 3/3/2022 at 2:01 PM, Y2CJ41 said: If the NBA All-Star game is going on we need to stay away from downtown Indy. Joe is absolutely correct. It will be a nightmare for everyone, even if it is moved somewhere within 50 miles of Indy it would be too expensive to stay in the area. I remember when Indy hosted the Super Bowl hotels were booked for miles around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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