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The West Lafayette Contingent has submitted there final bid proposal to the IHSAA state tournament selection committee.    Besides being the most central location, having the largest capacity stadium, the best announcer available and a superior hotel rating and more hotels then the  Evansvile area. The WL contingent has submitted with there bid,  some other positive aspects in the greater Lafayette area.
 
The WL contingent did a study on found out that, the top 100 restaurants in the Greater Lafayette area had a higher trip advisor rating average then the top 100 at  Evansville.  Im sure #SWINfan would be disappointed in this development.   The Greater Lafayette avg was 4.24 and vs 4.1  in Evansville.    The IHSAA executive committee is putting a lot of weight on local  ammenities and was impressed with the Greater Lafayette area.
 
Also,  things added to the proposal was a host a concert featuring local musicians at Mackey after the wrestling Friday night.  We thought a good way to keep crowd around to watch the heavyweights.  We have a possible commitment from a local musician named Axl Rose and his band "Guns N Roses".  You might of heard of them.   He supposedly wrestled on the Lafayette Jeff mat when he went to school there and apparently is a big wrestling fan. 
 
Also,   We have a possible commitment to host a weekend long party at the Neon Cactus for the wrestling community, and are going to rename it for thet weekend  :"Winners Bay".
 
Also,  in effort to set a record in attendance at the state finals, the contingent group came up with novel idea to draw a large crowd from the Region.  We have a request out to prominent "Region" members to temporarily allow the greater Lafayette area to have "Region" status for that weekend.     
 
The IHSAA selection committee has been pleased with the communication,  and was quoted as saying that "If Indianaoplis is the heart of Indiana, then West Lafayette  is the brain".   What does that make Evansville, the feet? 

"They got the Golden Arches,  We have the Golden Arcs"

 

The West Lafayette Contingent has submitted there final bid proposal to the IHSAA state tournament selection committee.    Besides being the most central location, having the largest capacity stadium, the best announcer available and a superior hotel rating and more hotels then the  Evansvile area. The WL contingent has submitted with there bid,  some other positive aspects in the greater Lafayette area.
 
The WL contingent did a study on found out that, the top 100 restaurants in the Greater Lafayette area had a higher trip advisor rating average then the top 100 at  Evansville.  Im sure #SWINfan would be disappointed in this development.   The Greater Lafayette avg was 4.24 and vs 4.1  in Evansville.    The IHSAA executive committee is putting a lot of weight on local  ammenities and was impressed with the Greater Lafayette area.
 
Also,  things added to the proposal was a host a concert featuring local musicians at Mackey after the wrestling Friday night.  We thought a good way to keep crowd around to watch the heavyweights.  We have a possible commitment from a local musician named Axl Rose and his band "Guns N Roses".  You might of heard of them.   He supposedly wrestled on the Lafayette Jeff mat when he went to school there and apparently is a big wrestling fan. 
 
Also,   We have a possible commitment to host a weekend long party at the Neon Cactus for the wrestling community, and are going to rename it for thet weekend  :"Winners Bay".
 
Also,  in effort to set a record in attendance at the state finals, the contingent group came up with novel idea to draw a large crowd from the Region.  We have a request out to prominent "Region" members to temporarily allow the greater Lafayette area to have "Region" status for that weekend.     
 
The IHSAA selection committee has been pleased with the communication,  and was quoted as saying that "If Indianaoplis is the heart of Indiana, then West Lafayette  is the brain".   What does that make Evansville, the feet? 

Victory Bay has a Pickelball court, heavy police protection, and well ME! 

"They got the Golden Arches,  We have the Golden Arcs"

 

The West Lafayette Contingent has submitted there final bid proposal to the IHSAA state tournament selection committee.    Besides being the most central location, having the largest capacity stadium, the best announcer available and a superior hotel rating and more hotels then the  Evansvile area. The WL contingent has submitted with there bid,  some other positive aspects in the greater Lafayette area.
 
The WL contingent did a study on found out that, the top 100 restaurants in the Greater Lafayette area had a higher trip advisor rating average then the top 100 at  Evansville.  Im sure #SWINfan would be disappointed in this development.   The Greater Lafayette avg was 4.24 and vs 4.1  in Evansville.    The IHSAA executive committee is putting a lot of weight on local  ammenities and was impressed with the Greater Lafayette area.
 
Also,  things added to the proposal was a host a concert featuring local musicians at Mackey after the wrestling Friday night.  We thought a good way to keep crowd around to watch the heavyweights.  We have a possible commitment from a local musician named Axl Rose and his band "Guns N Roses".  You might of heard of them.   He supposedly wrestled on the Lafayette Jeff mat when he went to school there and apparently is a big wrestling fan. 
 
Also,   We have a possible commitment to host a weekend long party at the Neon Cactus for the wrestling community, and are going to rename it for thet weekend  :"Winners Bay".
 
Also,  in effort to set a record in attendance at the state finals, the contingent group came up with novel idea to draw a large crowd from the Region.  We have a request out to prominent "Region" members to temporarily allow the greater Lafayette area to have "Region" status for that weekend.     
 
The IHSAA selection committee has been pleased with the communication,  and was quoted as saying that "If Indianaoplis is the heart of Indiana, then West Lafayette  is the brain".   What does that make Evansville, the feet? 

The West Lafayette Contingent has submitted there final bid proposal to the IHSAA state tournament selection committee.    Besides being the most central location, having the largest capacity stadium, the best announcer available and a superior hotel rating and more hotels then the  Evansvile area. The WL contingent has submitted with there bid,  some other positive aspects in the greater Lafayette area.
 
The WL contingent did a study on found out that, the top 100 restaurants in the Greater Lafayette area had a higher trip advisor rating average then the top 100 at  Evansville.  Im sure #SWINfan would be disappointed in this development.   The Greater Lafayette avg was 4.24 and vs 4.1  in Evansville.    The IHSAA executive committee is putting a lot of weight on local  ammenities and was impressed with the Greater Lafayette area.
 
Also,  things added to the proposal was a host a concert featuring local musicians at Mackey after the wrestling Friday night.  We thought a good way to keep crowd around to watch the heavyweights.  We have a possible commitment from a local musician named Axl Rose and his band "Guns N Roses".  You might of heard of them.   He supposedly wrestled on the Lafayette Jeff mat when he went to school there and apparently is a big wrestling fan. 
 
Also,   We have a possible commitment to host a weekend long party at the Neon Cactus for the wrestling community, and are going to rename it for thet weekend  :"Winners Bay".
 
Also,  in effort to set a record in attendance at the state finals, the contingent group came up with novel idea to draw a large crowd from the Region.  We have a request out to prominent "Region" members to temporarily allow the greater Lafayette area to have "Region" status for that weekend.     
 
The IHSAA selection committee has been pleased with the communication,  and was quoted as saying that "If Indianaoplis is the heart of Indiana, then West Lafayette  is the brain".   What does that make Evansville, the feet? 

Allred looked good in the finals.

They made a good choice in having all mats in same location as compared to having the girls at the elementary school as like last year.  Lost a couple mats, but much better for logistics.

SMH...19 hours of a new Class topic and you dudes only have 4 pages..you all are slackin'! 
 
Again, I do not support class wrestling for all the reasons mentioned the past 10 years. I understand and respect your opinions/arguments @Galagore...but you're wrong! This will be my last post on this subject..this year. Carry on, class wrestling supporters! 

You got options in Mackey:
1.  Use the gas money saved to buy tickets in Purdue Club section and get stadium seats and near the action.
2. If they go general admission, then used that saved driving time to get their early and get club stadium sheets.
3.  Use saved gas money to buy Goriila cushion from Indianamat. I heard Joe's marketing dept is putting this together.
4.  Buy a Beaver cushion from Rookie78 with saved gas money.
5.  Buy a boiler cushion at gift store with saved gas money.
 
 

You got options in Mackey:
1.  Use the gas money saved to buy tickets in Purdue Club section and get stadium seats and near the action.
2. If they go general admission, then used that saved driving time to get their early and get club stadium sheets.
3.  Use saved gas money to buy Goriila cushion from Indianamat. I heard Joe's marketing dept is putting this together.
4.  Buy a Beaver cushion from Rookie78 with saved gas money.
5.  Buy a boiler cushion at gift store with saved gas money.
 
 

Opportunity for Indianamat to sell some branded gorilla cushions...
 
 

No one wants to sit in a car for 4 - 5 hours to see their kid lose to the #1 kid in the State on Friday.  And then sit in a car for 4-5 hours again on Saturday.
 

AKA- "They need to try harder"

So there's really no changes!!!!!!!  And that's a clickbait title!!   and this really is just the beginning post for the annual class wrestling debate.
 
 

I love Gene Hackman in "Hoosiers"

I get it, EMD loses the homefield advantage.    But we can make offset that disadvantage by agreeing to have the EMD table workers work the clock and scoreboard.  

NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES FOR 2 DAYS

Is Evansville  in Indiana????

Better reserve a room in the Lafayette area now,   or you guys might be staying at the "Lincoln Lodge Hotel".   I dont think they're a Priceline Insurance affiliate.   Because the insurance cost more then the hotel room.

We should be grateful to Indianamat for having a quality wrestling forum that's active and engaged.  I think the forum is healthy and promotes improvement in the wrestling community and is significantly better then most states forums.     Joe does a good job to keep things going and sometimes funny.   So here's a thumbs up.
 
The reason i thought of this, as i normally take a look back every year after my home state of Kansas board the weekend of the state tournament which is  one of the heaviest traffic periods.   The Kansas forum on websitewww.usawks.com used to be a good forum with a lot of participation, engagement and controversy.   Just looked today, the Monday after the state tournaments.  I meant plural intentionally as to class wrestling tournaments.  I was disappointed as the boards are dead.  I could only count 6 posts since the end of the tournament Saturday.   Hardly any buzz over big matches, team races, controversial calls and other relevant and stupid stuff.  Its kind of sad in a way.  A lot of the big posters aren't there anymore.   
 
Just curious what if anybody has experience with other states, and if those wrestling websites are going strong or have jumped the shark.   Websites like this really could be threatened as an ongoing concern.
 
On a flip note,  I used to live in Missouri and participated in the forums.  It looks like the old board disappeared and something new is out there.  The old board was good 15 years ago.  I didn't fill like opening an account.  Things evolve.
 
 

Is Evansville  in Indiana????

Lets give an objective view of the seating and parking:    Mackey holds 14,240 salable seats, buts that:s for a basketball game.  As Joe pointed out,  Mackey would institute a platform setup to get 4 mats.   This would take out the really cushy premium seats and would also eliminate real seating.  I estimate, under the wrestling setup, Mackey could get over 13,000 still pretty easliy which is more then the Gainbridge current setup..    One of the Cons as as Joe pointed out, earlier is that most of these are old wooden benches.   Lower level sections 9, 10, 11 and12 are the only stadium seats which would be around 1000 seats with the other 12K being uncomfortable wooden benches.  Of course, they sell the portable seat cushions with nice Boiler train logo.    Also, there are no suites or boxes at Mackey, so those groups that like to do that would be without that amenity.    Quite of bit of parking is available albeit a patchwork.  3 Parking garages are within walking distance at a cost of $5.  Also, there's some football field parking lots close that might have a higher price.  Note just East of Mackey, is mostly residential housing with plenty of free parking but you might have  a few blocks.   On a side note, the parking garages near the stadium have plenty of EV chargers. West Lafayette,  is EV charger friendly.  I was in Evansville last week, and based on the chargers available, the town in not EV friendly.
 
Look at the Ford Center:  It can hold over 11K in seating capacity,  but looking at the website, the Hockey capacity is 9,437.  Ill assume the seating would be the similar to the Hockey setup.    The Ford Center has a big advantage in premium seating, as it has over 30-40 suites of multiple sizes and all the other seating would be stadium seats which beats Mackey.  Still cant believe Purdue hasn't upgraded Mackey with their athletic budget.  Anyway,  Ford Center appears to have multiple garages near it with City lots costing $7 and private lots up to $20.  Maybe lots at Ford Center are in closer proximity, but Purdue overall would have more parking.  The Ford Center is a newer more modern facility,  and probably has a more modern concourse area.  But Purdue did upgrade Mackey a few years ago.  The Ford Center has 22 bathrooms, couldnt find how many Mackey has.