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Post by longsuffering on May 31, 2023 23:17:12 GMT -5
The DCU Center is dated, the city has few hotel rooms, and Worcester has no airport with lots of carriers and flights. There are many other northeast cities that easily beat Worcester on these items. Nearby Providence, which has hosted recent NCAA tournaments, did a major renovation of it's arena, offers 16 Hotels with over 3,000 rooms within city limits (more hotels and rooms also available nearby in Warwick by airport), and is close to an airport that is also connected to downtown by a short rail trip (MBTA). There are also many restaurants, bars, and a mall within blocks of the arena for fans. I hadn't realized the MBTA had crossed state lines into RI. That's smaht regional planning. Why reinvent the wheel in the Ocean State with a duplicate agency.
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Post by Crosser on Jun 1, 2023 1:05:04 GMT -5
I don’t have any exact numbers but Worcester has a lot more hotel rooms and restaurants in the downtown area since 2005. I also see several flights every day coming in and out of Worcester.
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Post by rf1 on Jun 1, 2023 7:40:38 GMT -5
The DCU Center is dated, the city has few hotel rooms, and Worcester has no airport with lots of carriers and flights. There are many other northeast cities that easily beat Worcester on these items. Nearby Providence, which has hosted recent NCAA tournaments, did a major renovation of it's arena, offers 16 Hotels with over 3,000 rooms within city limits (more hotels and rooms also available nearby in Warwick by airport), and is close to an airport that is also connected to downtown by a short rail trip (MBTA). There are also many restaurants, bars, and a mall within blocks of the arena for fans. I hadn't realized the MBTA had crossed state lines into RI. That's smaht regional planning. Why reinvent the wheel in the Ocean State with a duplicate agency.
MBTA commuter rail service has been continuous in RI since returning in 1988. Started out only with a stop in Providence when the new Amtrak station opened. Three additional RI stations were later built and opened: TF Green Airport/Warwick (2010), Wickford Junction/N Kingstown (2012), and downtown Pawtucket (2023). Furthermore, there was a S Attleboro-MA station that operated for some 30 years at the state line just tens of feet from Pawtucket by the Rte 95/Rte 1A junction (next to the Home Depot/Market Basket Plaza). It is currently closed due to structural issues. The Providence/Stoughton commuter rail line, which mostly operates on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor tracks, is by far the busiest line in the MBTA commuter rail system.
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Post by JRGNYR on Jun 1, 2023 7:51:15 GMT -5
Re: hotel rooms, has anything come on line since the Crowne Plaza was converted into a dorm? If not, then that's a sizeable inventory of hotel rooms that still needs to be addressed.
If I recall re: NCAA, there is a significant preference for full-service properties which further narrows the scope.
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Post by rf1 on Jun 1, 2023 8:04:31 GMT -5
Re: hotel rooms, has anything come on line since the Crowne Plaza was converted into a dorm? If not, then that's a sizeable inventory of hotel rooms that still needs to be addressed. If I recall re: NCAA, there is a significant preference for full-service properties which further narrows the scope.
Several new hotels have opened in Worcester since then. The total number of city rooms (approx 1,100) is still however far below what is typically needed for a big event such as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Keep in mind that a good portion of these, as they are every day, will be used by people not associated with the NCAA and therefore not available for use by tournament visitors.
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Post by Tom on Jun 1, 2023 8:08:36 GMT -5
Re: hotel rooms, has anything come on line since the Crowne Plaza was converted into a dorm? If not, then that's a sizeable inventory of hotel rooms that still needs to be addressed. If I recall re: NCAA, there is a significant preference for full-service properties which further narrows the scope. There is a new hotel where the galleria used to be Not sure when Crowne Plaza converted, but there's a fairly new Hilton across the street from Centrum on top of Uno's I think there's a new hotel being built across from Polar Park
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jun 1, 2023 8:43:59 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 1, 2023 9:42:09 GMT -5
West Virginia baseball is staying in Dorms at Kentucky this weekend due to not enough hotel rooms in Lexington.
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Post by hc1998 on Jun 1, 2023 20:29:46 GMT -5
West Virginia baseball is staying in Dorms at Kentucky this weekend due to not enough hotel rooms in Lexington. Not necessarily due to insufficient hotel rooms to host ncaa baseball, but due to a scheduling conflict with a music festival
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Post by bfoley82 on Jun 1, 2023 21:16:23 GMT -5
West Virginia baseball is staying in Dorms at Kentucky this weekend due to not enough hotel rooms in Lexington. Not necessarily due to insufficient hotel rooms to host ncaa baseball, but due to a scheduling conflict with a music festival Yet they still gave them the right to host when they could have put them on the road. Interesting enough the NCAA Baseball chairman is the former Kentucky head baseball coach.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jun 2, 2023 4:43:48 GMT -5
Massachusetts should follow Indonesia's lead and change its Capital to Worcester.
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Post by trimster on Jun 2, 2023 7:19:23 GMT -5
Can we shift this recent diversion back to the topic ? The D1 Docket is a website that tracks non-con schedule info. Last time I checked, it only had exempt tourney info on teams since hardly anyone had announced their OOC game schedule. D1 docket.blogspot will bring you to the spreadsheet showing every team’s schedule. HC has no non-con games listed as of yet.
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Post by Tom on Jun 2, 2023 9:12:22 GMT -5
The D1 Docket is a website that tracks non-con schedule info. Last time I checked, it only had exempt tourney info on teams since hardly anyone had announced their OOC game schedule. D1 docket.blogspot will bring you to the spreadsheet showing every team’s schedule. HC has no non-con games listed as of yet. Can't say anything until contracts are signed. Coach Paulsen has dropped some hints about a Jesuit school in our nation's capital and a NYC school that recently hired a HoF coach, but even he is not naming actual schools on the schedule
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 2, 2023 9:56:58 GMT -5
My impression was NADII was indeed going to name names but Kit put the brakes on him. Entertaining to watch that interaction.
Now let’s see if Ricky or the PC transplant chicken out before the paperwork is signed.
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Post by Ignutz on Jun 2, 2023 13:33:28 GMT -5
Word on the street is that there's a college basketball game in DC between two Jesuit schools on Veteran's Day night. If an alum from one of those schools is planning to bring a jet-helicopter to the football game at the United States Military Academy that afternoon, I'll gladly hitch a ride south with you - and I will bring beers.
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Post by trimster on Jun 2, 2023 14:23:20 GMT -5
My impression was NADII was indeed going to name names but Kit put the brakes on him. Entertaining to watch that interaction. Now let’s see if Ricky or the PC transplant chicken out before the paperwork is signed. The Johnnies announced their non-con schedule and HC is on it. I believe the date is 11-25.
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 2, 2023 14:34:43 GMT -5
Are they playing us at the DCU or the Hart?
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Post by trimster on Jun 3, 2023 7:30:37 GMT -5
The St John’s game is now on our schedule at the D1 docket.
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Post by hchoops on Jun 3, 2023 7:40:54 GMT -5
The St John’s game is now on our schedule at the D1 docket. Does it give the time ?
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Post by trimster on Jun 3, 2023 8:37:52 GMT -5
The St John’s game is now on our schedule at the D1 docket. Does it give the time ? No.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jun 3, 2023 8:58:12 GMT -5
Are they playing us at the DCU or the Hart? I'm gonna say zero chance.
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Post by purplehaze on Jun 3, 2023 9:18:23 GMT -5
If we lose a couple of football games and win the PL that will be the day of a likely home playoff game
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Post by trimster on Jun 3, 2023 10:40:19 GMT -5
Are they playing us at the DCU or the Hart? I'm gonna say zero chance. That is being optimistic. I am going to go out on a limb and say the chances of St. John's playing HC again in Worcester are sub-zero.
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Post by DiMarz on Jun 3, 2023 20:04:00 GMT -5
I believe I read St. John’s plays all it non con games at home this year. Correct me if I mis-remember.
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Post by trimster on Jun 3, 2023 22:11:15 GMT -5
I believe I read St. John’s plays all it non con games at home this year. Correct me if I mis-remember. One road game at West Virginia.
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