USFL exec speaks on this season and next

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GDAWG wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:08 pm
Gopher123 wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 9:07 am
GDAWG wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:05 am If I am the USFL, for the other 7 markets, I would try really hard to go smaller stadiums. Birmingham's Protective Stadium seats 47,100, which should be the largest stadium in the league. All others should be under 47,000 seats. If they put this rule in place for 2023, that would eliminate the NFL stadiums in the other 7 markets plus Franklin Field in Philadelphia and Rutgers in New Jersey (not to mention Michigan and Michigan State). And the USFL then looks at college and pro soccer stadiums under the 47,000 threshold, leaving:

Houston- Rice Stadium (47,000), TDECU Stadium (40,000), PNC Stadium (22,000) and Panther Stadium in suburb Prairie View (15,000)
Michigan- Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant (30,255), Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo (30,200), Rynerson Stadium in Ypsilanti (30,200), Houseman Field in Grand Rapids (8,000)
New Jersey- Princeton Stadium (27,200) and Red Bull Arena (25,000)
New Orleans- Yulman Stadium (30,000) and Tad Gormley Stadium (26,500)
Philadelphia- Subaru Park (18,500)
Pittsburgh- Highmark Stadium (5,000)
Tampa- Al Lang Stadium (7,200)
The USFL is not going to stadiums that seat less than 10,000 people. They may not care about attendance as much this year but by the time they start placing teams in their home markets they will and expectations should be more than that.
2,000 people in a massive NFL stadium would be a terrible look for the USFL. 2,000 people in a smaller 10,000 seat stadium would not look too bad.
The reason for 2k fan attendance is that they are playing at a neutral location in a small city. That should not be an issue when teams are playing in local market.
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4th&long wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:15 pm
GDAWG wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:08 pm
Gopher123 wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 9:07 am

The USFL is not going to stadiums that seat less than 10,000 people. They may not care about attendance as much this year but by the time they start placing teams in their home markets they will and expectations should be more than that.
2,000 people in a massive NFL stadium would be a terrible look for the USFL. 2,000 people in a smaller 10,000 seat stadium would not look too bad.
The reason for 2k fan attendance is that they are playing at a neutral location in a small city. That should not be an issue when teams are playing in local market.
Even if it's 10K, 10K in an NFL stadium doesn't look great. It looks better in a 15,000 or 20,000 seat stadium
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GDAWG wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:17 pm
4th&long wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:15 pm
GDAWG wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 12:08 pm

2,000 people in a massive NFL stadium would be a terrible look for the USFL. 2,000 people in a smaller 10,000 seat stadium would not look too bad.
The reason for 2k fan attendance is that they are playing at a neutral location in a small city. That should not be an issue when teams are playing in local market.
Even if it's 10K, 10K in an NFL stadium doesn't look great. It looks better in a 15,000 or 20,000 seat stadium
I don't disagree, just stating why the attendance is <2k. As stated above 12k-30k stadiums are best for near-mid term in local markets - Tarping some sections works too.
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I don’t think the USFL should try to operate in NFL stadiums either, I never said they should. I disagreed with you including stadiums that seat less than 10,000. Of all the places the USFL could select to house teams, why would they select a location that can’t draw above that? Secondly, why would you lock yourself into a stadium with no room to grow?
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Gopher123 wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 2:26 pm I don’t think the USFL should try to operate in NFL stadiums either, I never said they should. I disagreed with you including stadiums that seat less than 10,000. Of all the places the USFL could select to house teams, why would they select a location that can’t draw above that? Secondly, why would you lock yourself into a stadium with no room to grow?
They can grow and they can move to larger stadiums if the demands are there.
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GDAWG wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 3:31 pm
Gopher123 wrote: Fri May 20, 2022 2:26 pm I don’t think the USFL should try to operate in NFL stadiums either, I never said they should. I disagreed with you including stadiums that seat less than 10,000. Of all the places the USFL could select to house teams, why would they select a location that can’t draw above that? Secondly, why would you lock yourself into a stadium with no room to grow?
They can grow and they can move to larger stadiums if the demands are there.
I can’t imagine that when it comes time for the USFL to move a team out of the hub that they would move a team to anywhere they thought couldn’t at any point fill at least a 10,000 seat stadium. Once these teams move away from the hub, it becomes about more than just tv.
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