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[gbpfan1231]

Ursa Majoris, on 12 May 2012 - 01:34 PM, said:

Gophers stadium has no roof.  New stadium will.

That will help.

I am just curious because Lambeau does not get much use - they have shops inside and it is busy in there but no way near the extent you are talking.

[Ditkaless Wonders]

gbpfan1231, on 12 May 2012 - 01:41 PM, said:

That will help.

I am just curious because Lambeau does not get much use - they have shops inside and it is busy in there but no way near the extent you are talking.

Of course Lambeau is in a very small market.  The Twin Cities is much larger, is cosmopolitan, is a banking center for a region rich in grain, ore, and lumber products, has a number of colleges and universities, an extraodinarily educated populace, is a regional air hub, and has a populace that has a fairly high degree of disposable income.  Still, you are correct in thinking most conferences, car shows, boat shows, home and garden shows and concerts would likely select one of the many fine smaller venues.

[Ursa Majoris]

Ditkaless Wonders, on 12 May 2012 - 03:27 PM, said:

Of course Lambeau is in a very small market.  The Twin Cities is much larger, is cosmopolitan, is a banking center for a region rich in grain, ore, and lumber products, has a number of colleges and universities, an extraodinarily educated populace, is a regional air hub, and has a populace that has a fairly high degree of disposable income.  Still, you are correct in thinking most conferences, car shows, boat shows, home and garden shows and concerts would likely select one of the many fine smaller venues.

We have a hugh convention center that has a lock on all the shows you've mentioned and two 20,000 seater stadia for concerts, plus a bunch of smaller arenas.   Again though, even if the new stadium was only used 20 times a year, it would still preserve a fundamental plank that keeps us in the major leagues (pardon the pun) even though we are all those other things you mentioned.  We don't want to be Omaha.

[MikesVikes]

Ditkaless Wonders, on 12 May 2012 - 03:27 PM, said:

Of course Lambeau is in a very small market.  The Twin Cities is much larger, is cosmopolitan, is a banking center for a region rich in grain, ore, and lumber products, has a number of colleges and universities, an extraodinarily educated populace, is a regional air hub, and has a populace that has a fairly high degree of disposable income.  Still, you are correct in thinking most conferences, car shows, boat shows, home and garden shows and concerts would likely select one of the many fine smaller venues.

So you're saying that Minnesotans are smarter than people in Wisconsin?

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MikesVikes, on 13 May 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

So you're saying that Minnesotans are smarter than people in Wisconsin?

No where did I say, or even intimate that.  Perhaps you are not among the sharpest in a relatively sharp populace.

[Square]

Ursa Majoris, on 12 May 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

We don't want to be Omaha.

I've lived in both.  Omaha is better.  

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Square, on 14 May 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

I've lived in both.  Omaha is better.  

I've only visited Omaha a handfill of times back in the 80's when my sister went to Creighton Universitiy.  It seemed like a nice place.  I much prefered the twin cities, but Omaha was nice.