Houston19514 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Apparently, Houston has submitted a bid to host the C-USA Basketball Tournament starting in 2009. (Other cities bidding are Memphis (current host city), El Paso, Birmingham, and Tulsa. Anyone know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 tulsa paperThe Conference USA men's basketball tournament is likely destined for Tulsa in March 2009, CBSSports.com reported on Friday. The University of Tulsa and Tulsa Sports Commission declined to comment, saying that negotiations are still ongoing to bring the tournament to town. Four other schools -- Memphis, Alabama-Birmingham, Houston and UTEP -- have also submitted bids to host the tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorAggie Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Tulsa will have a nice new sparkling arena for the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 it's about time... it's idiotic for them to keep putting it in memphis year after year after yearthe winner of the tourney gets an automatic bid to the NCAAs and giving the conference's best team home field advantage almost guarantees the automatic bid to a team (memphis) who is going to make the NCAAs regardless of the outcome of the cusa tourney...i can't understand how rice and houston don't team up to put the tourney in toyota center.i don't know anything about tulsa, but surely there's more to do, more places to stay, and a better arena in houston, even if tulsa's is brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 i don't know anything about tulsa, but surely there's more to do, more places to stay, and a better arena in houston, even if tulsa's is brand new.Tulsa's new arenaThough honestly, I'm not sure if it'd be held there or at the University of Tulsa - wouldn't expect 18K crowdsI'm originally from Tulsa, but I'll have to agree with your comments. However, tournament (and even convention) locations are most certainly not based solely on those criteria......EDIT: Just read the full article, and it'd be at the new BOK Center... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T 2 THA C Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 So if Houston did host the tournament where would they host it @ TC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 You would think it would be Toyo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 How did Tulsa snag a Cesar Pelli designed arena? All we could do was a boring Toyota Center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 How did Tulsa snag a Cesar Pelli designed arena? All we could do was a boring Toyota Center?Because they desperately wanted something "iconic" and were willing to pay extra to get it. Houston already has numerous buildings designed by Pelli and other superstar architects; Tulsa.... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 But Tulsa has some cool buildings. I took an archie tour there once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I also heard that Tulsa's new arena would have an attached W Hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Oy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 I also heard that Tulsa's new arena would have an attached W Hotel. ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Isn't the final four coming here in a few years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Isn't the final four coming here in a few years?Yes it is. I'm thinking 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 But Tulsa has some cool buildings. I took an archie tour there once.This is completely off topic, but just ran across these photos from inside the Mayo Hotel there...apparently it's under renovation, but only the bottom floors have been redone so far. Just thought the photos were pretty coolhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rsmart/It has it's own wikipedia page, lol:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 This is completely off topic, but just ran across these photos from inside the Mayo Hotel there...apparently it's under renovation, but only the bottom floors have been redone so far. Just thought the photos were pretty coolhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rsmart/It has it's own wikipedia page, lol:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_HotelThey renovated the main floor a few years ago and it's now a banquet hall/event facility. They are "talking" about renovating the rest of the building into apartments and a small hotel. The latest word is that renovations are to start in January, but they've made similar announcements before, so I would not be holding my breath in anticipation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 They renovated the main floor a few years ago and it's now a banquet hall/event facility. They are "talking" about renovating the rest of the building into apartments and a small hotel. The latest word is that renovations are to start in January, but they've made similar announcements before, so I would not be holding my breath in anticipation...Yeah, I failed to mention that it's the slowest renovation of all time...just thought the photos were pretty cool. When I saw them I was confused at first because I hadn't realized the bottom floors were open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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