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Oh Lord... I hope not. NOLA maybe. They need big markets.johnnyangryfuzzball wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:44 pm Is that expansion or just relocating, though? Because abandoning Philadelphia and Houston could achieve the same effect.
I think the biggest holdback for the hub model going away is Philly/NJ. I'm really stumped what USFL does with Canton/Pittsburgh. If they can't get Acrisure, I can't imagine another year of Pittsburgh in Canton. But if Maulers win can you imagine a name/location change? I can't. This would be like USFL 1.0 having the Stars move.
Does Houston have the need for two spring league teams? I know it's the largest city in Texas, but the Roughnecks are already there.Sykotyk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:15 pmI think the biggest holdback for the hub model going away is Philly/NJ. I'm really stumped what USFL does with Canton/Pittsburgh. If they can't get Acrisure, I can't imagine another year of Pittsburgh in Canton. But if Maulers win can you imagine a name/location change? I can't. This would be like USFL 1.0 having the Stars move.
Philly/NJ in Philly (somewhere, anywhere). Detroit hosts Michigan by themselves. Canton hosts Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh one more year. They just struggle through it. New Orleans gets a home. Houston hubs with someone else again or goes with Rice or Shell Energy for a host site. Probably Rice if anywhere.
2025 would be where USFL needs all 8 to be at eight stadiums. Show 3 years of numbers and go with funding from somewhere (internal or external) to get NJ into MetLife or RBA or Rutgers, Philly in Philly, either Pittsburgh becomes Ohio and stays in Canton or they spend the money for Acrisure Stadium and play on the crap grass.
Houston if they hub in 2024 would finally go somewhere in 2025. That's when you finally reach stability and can picture growth. But then you have to transition to working on attendance/revenue streams there and not just TV.
Depends on ticket prices. Houstonians will pay $10 for a high school football game in the suburbs. I think they can support a USFL team once the Roughnecks season finishes. The problem is just the USFL needs to start focusing on building fan support in-stadium. And not just focusing on TV.GDAWG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:43 pmDoes Houston have the need for two spring league teams? I know it's the largest city in Texas, but the Roughnecks are already there.Sykotyk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:15 pmI think the biggest holdback for the hub model going away is Philly/NJ. I'm really stumped what USFL does with Canton/Pittsburgh. If they can't get Acrisure, I can't imagine another year of Pittsburgh in Canton. But if Maulers win can you imagine a name/location change? I can't. This would be like USFL 1.0 having the Stars move.
Philly/NJ in Philly (somewhere, anywhere). Detroit hosts Michigan by themselves. Canton hosts Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh one more year. They just struggle through it. New Orleans gets a home. Houston hubs with someone else again or goes with Rice or Shell Energy for a host site. Probably Rice if anywhere.
2025 would be where USFL needs all 8 to be at eight stadiums. Show 3 years of numbers and go with funding from somewhere (internal or external) to get NJ into MetLife or RBA or Rutgers, Philly in Philly, either Pittsburgh becomes Ohio and stays in Canton or they spend the money for Acrisure Stadium and play on the crap grass.
Houston if they hub in 2024 would finally go somewhere in 2025. That's when you finally reach stability and can picture growth. But then you have to transition to working on attendance/revenue streams there and not just TV.
Sykotyk is correct, they need to engage Philly/NJ. Philly = 2.51% tv household share and NNJ-NY is 6.24%, combined 8.75% or 57% of the USFL marketshare. Need Houston too. NOLA like Birm and Memphis is a waste of resources. There is major upside focusing on Philly/NJ. Combined Birm/NOLA/Memphis is about 60% the size of philly.Sykotyk wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:15 pmI think the biggest holdback for the hub model going away is Philly/NJ. I'm really stumped what USFL does with Canton/Pittsburgh. If they can't get Acrisure, I can't imagine another year of Pittsburgh in Canton. But if Maulers win can you imagine a name/location change? I can't. This would be like USFL 1.0 having the Stars move.
Philly/NJ in Philly (somewhere, anywhere). Detroit hosts Michigan by themselves. Canton hosts Pittsburgh as Pittsburgh one more year. They just struggle through it. New Orleans gets a home. Houston hubs with someone else again or goes with Rice or Shell Energy for a host site. Probably Rice if anywhere.
2025 would be where USFL needs all 8 to be at eight stadiums. Show 3 years of numbers and go with funding from somewhere (internal or external) to get NJ into MetLife or RBA or Rutgers, Philly in Philly, either Pittsburgh becomes Ohio and stays in Canton or they spend the money for Acrisure Stadium and play on the crap grass.
Houston if they hub in 2024 would finally go somewhere in 2025. That's when you finally reach stability and can picture growth. But then you have to transition to working on attendance/revenue streams there and not just TV.