North hub announcements set for this week

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Detroit Ford Field hub

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With just under 3 months till season 2 I do think the Detroit Hub in such a large field is a "gutsy" move. It's a big Stadium for spring FB. Hopefully they can get 15-20k but thats' not easy. Wish this was announced 2 months earlier. But it's good to have 3 teams in home cities and 1 more in range. Say 3.5 with 4 hubs.

Another thing is Detroit and Canton are under 4 hours apart on the road. That may have played into the Canton decision. It's similar to Memphis-Birm distance.

Now the question is when Michigan plays NJ "away"... will the game be at Michigan or Canton. Same goes for all the in market games vs non-hosted cities.
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Re: Detroit Ford Field hub

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4th&long wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:59 pm With just under 3 months till season 2 I do think the Detroit Hub in such a large field is a "gutsy" move. It's a big Stadium for spring FB. Hopefully they can get 15-20k but thats' not easy. Wish this was announced 2 months earlier. But it's good to have 3 teams in home cities and 1 more in range. Say 3.5 with 4 hubs.

Another thing is Detroit and Canton are under 4 hours apart on the road. That may have played into the Canton decision. It's similar to Memphis-Birm distance.

Now the question is when Michigan plays NJ "away"... will the game be at Michigan or Canton. Same goes for all the in market games vs non-hosted cities.
The positive with ford is it’s lit Similar to an NBA arena where the only think you really see on tv is the bottom 50% of the lower bow, the other stuff we’ll see probably in the next few days
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Re: North hub announcements set for this week

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I wonder if the Detroit hub was dependent on the league cutting ties with B. Woods. Remember, he still owes Ford Field $1 million for non-payment in the TSL. Perhaps Detroit said, either he goes or no deal. Woods really should have never been involved to begin with.
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Re: North hub announcements set for this week

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laxtreme56 wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:28 am I wonder if the Detroit hub was dependent on the league cutting ties with B. Woods. Remember, he still owes Ford Field $1 million for non-payment in the TSL. Perhaps Detroit said, either he goes or no deal. Woods really should have never been involved to begin with.
I think that was Indianapolis/Lucas oil not ford
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Re: North hub announcements set for this week

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One of the biggest benefits of Ford field is it should be really easy to make look good on TV because of how the lighting is done you only see a small section of the crowd
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Re: North hub announcements set for this week

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herns wrote: Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:23 pm One of the biggest benefits of Ford field is it should be really easy to make look good on TV because of how the lighting is done you only see a small section of the crowd
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Wow - Good shot, I see what you mean. And you need a Dome to do that so FF worked out.
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Johnston at Canton and playing in Cities

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Seems like similar to memphis we may have billionaires involved in getting the team to the city
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Re: North hub announcements set for this week

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This is going to be a lot better than Ypsilanti. That was too far for people to drive to see the WFL in 1974, and gas is expensive this year too.

I only visited Ypsilanti once, while living down the road in Ann Arbor. I think Detroiters don't know the place exists.
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Re: North hub announcements set for this week

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super390 wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:21 am This is going to be a lot better than Ypsilanti. That was too far for people to drive to see the WFL in 1974, and gas is expensive this year too.

I only visited Ypsilanti once, while living down the road in Ann Arbor. I think Detroiters don't know the place exists.
What are you talking about? Detroiters have no problem crossing the Border to play at the Windsor Casino
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