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Louisville needs/deserves and NBA team
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Big difference I see that changed that is both those Cities are State Capitals. We going to throw a bunch of money at Frankfort?
So much misinformation..
The Arena Authority BEGGED UofL to play downtown. Jurich wanted to build an on campus arena and had the backing to do it. Of course he was going to negotiate the best deal possible for the University.
Louisville is tiny, My first thought is how would this possibly work, but then again Memphis exists and as long as that city has a team everyone has an argument to have one. No one could be worse than Memphis.
The Arena Authority was U of L so the whole thing was a show. Amazing the kind of good deal you can get when you are negotiating with yourself with taxpayers money.
Look at the L1C4 clowns still celebrating Colorado grifter Tom Jurich hurting our city. It only made sense to have it downtown and it should have been at the water company cite on 2nd street where it was cheaper and a 3 minute walk to 4th Street live which the city had put millions into. Why the hell would the city spend money to build an arena at the fairgrounds when there’s nothing else there and downtown revitalization and attracting businesses and young professionals was the point? Tom Jurich is trash and will always be an enemy to the city of Louisville.
Facts! The UL Board of Trustees was the arena authority.
I’m old enough to remember when UK and UL fans were united in rooting for the Kentucky Colonels .
That's nice and all but...I'd rather not be united with them.
False. The Louisville metro area is about the same size as cities like Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, and it is clearly a BIGGER market than that of cities like New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Buffalo, Memphis and Green Bay …all of which are home to big league franchises.
Louisville is big enough to have a team. It just has never been able to get one.
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LOL .To be fair, there wasn’t as much hate back then . We didn’t even play Louisville.
I never thought it would work that great in Louisville. Just never saw this as a major league town in any sport in the modern times. I’m 50 and have lived in the Louisville area for about 35 of those years.
Whatever shot it had did sail bc Jurich and his hold on the city. Then Rick’s ego couldn’t stomach being second fiddle in the early 2000s as he was trying to build his rebrand as a college coach.
The city had a real shot but blew it.
Now the closest thing it will ever have is minor league soccer, baseball and football.
Whatever shot it had did sail bc Jurich and his hold on the city. Then Rick’s ego couldn’t stomach being second fiddle in the early 2000s as he was trying to build his rebrand as a college coach.
The city had a real shot but blew it.
Now the closest thing it will ever have is minor league soccer, baseball and football.
True but a lot of Louisville branches out into the suburbs due to the fact years ago they expanded the boundary. The heart of the city is rather small compared to those cities. We could still support an NBA team I feel.False. The Louisville metro area is about the same size as cities like Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, and it is clearly a BIGGER market than that of cities like New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Buffalo, Memphis and Green Bay …all of which are home to big league franchises.
Louisville is big enough to have a team. It just has never been able to get one.
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Personally I don't think they even deserve the Louisville Bats, let alone an NBA team.
Funny. There literally is a street named after him
on campus. And you didn’t address the fact that he wanted the arena on campus, exclusively for UofL.
He had nothing to do with the current location. That was the Arena Authority’s decision.
The arena authority was UL. What a joke you are, no one can be honest these days and just lie about everything.
- Jerry Abramson – Mayor of Louisville Metro
- Ron Carmicle – *Close Pitino friend, was with him at Porchinis
- Larry Clark – State rep
- Kelly Downard – Councilwoman
- John Hindman – UPS
- Alice Houston – *UL BOT
- David Jones – *UL BOT
- Tom Jurich – *UL AD
- Mitch McConnell – *UL alum who pulled strings to get then into the ACC
- Cissy Musselman – *UL BOT
- Anne Northup – U.S. Representative
- Jim Patterson – Major UL donor, UL names their baseball stadium after him
- James Ramsey – University of Louisville President
- Eddy Roberts – *UL BOT
- Bill Samuels – President *UL BOT
You had five from the BOT on the Arena Authority. Hardly a quorum. Besides, Jurich wanted the damn thing on campus.
Kelly Downard is a man, by the way.
I bought the Clark Memorial Bridge last week and am looking to flip it. You interested?
Jurich, Abramson, Samuels, McConnell, Northup, Hindman, Downard, Bond, and Carmicle were not on the original Arena Authority Board. 10 of the 15 were appointed by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher (UK Grad).
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Other sports? No. Combine Louisville just not big enough with Cincinnati being just an hour away and having long standing baseball and football teams.
But basketball? Yes. Sure Indy is only a couple of hours away. But there are only 3 sports where basketball might be the most popular sport (KY, IN, NC, & KS). It would probably go a long way (ticket sales) if it were the "Kentucky ____" rather than the "Louisville ____".
Kentucky Cards or Cardinals? Probably not, could be confusing to some.
Kentucky Colonels? Few who remember them are still around, and kind of a boring name, and spelling not match pronounciation.
Kentucky Sluggers? Paying respect to Kentucky's own Louisville Slugger brand. Ron Artest could be the coach! Mmm...maybe not that name either.
Kentucky Bourbons? Leaves room for advertising for lots of different brands. Maker's Mark Arena, Knob Creek Court, Woodford Reserve benches, Four Roses luxury sweets, ect... But maybe not a "kid-friendly" name.
Kentucky Thoroughbreds? I kind of like that one. Says we play fast.
Anyone got some other names?
But basketball? Yes. Sure Indy is only a couple of hours away. But there are only 3 sports where basketball might be the most popular sport (KY, IN, NC, & KS). It would probably go a long way (ticket sales) if it were the "Kentucky ____" rather than the "Louisville ____".
Kentucky Cards or Cardinals? Probably not, could be confusing to some.
Kentucky Colonels? Few who remember them are still around, and kind of a boring name, and spelling not match pronounciation.
Kentucky Sluggers? Paying respect to Kentucky's own Louisville Slugger brand. Ron Artest could be the coach! Mmm...maybe not that name either.
Kentucky Bourbons? Leaves room for advertising for lots of different brands. Maker's Mark Arena, Knob Creek Court, Woodford Reserve benches, Four Roses luxury sweets, ect... But maybe not a "kid-friendly" name.
Kentucky Thoroughbreds? I kind of like that one. Says we play fast.
Anyone got some other names?
I don’t know if Louisville alone is a big enough market for an NBA team, although I certainly think the Louisville-Lexington-Northern Kentucky metroplex is. The question is if the NBA put a team in one of those areas whether it could draw from the other two. I could see Northern Kentucky because it draws from Cincinnati but if it doesn’t draw Louisville or Lexington either I don’t know how attractive it is for an expansion market (Reds are bottom 5 and Bengals are dead last in franchise valuations). I think Louisville would probably be the best bet, given NBA loves NBA-only markets (like Portland, OKC, SLC until recently with the NHL, etc.) but it would need to be called the Kentucky whatevers and would need to really involve NKY and Lexington (maybe play some regular season games there).
I live here & can say with no reservations that both sentences are 100% correct.
Exactly . My son and I used to go to UL games and root for them even though we are strong UK fans . Having them play changed us from warm supporters to bitter rivals .
Two of the best players on the Colonels were Dampier and Issel.
Right, just like the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals that most Kentuckians support. I don’t care what’s it’s called but Louisville shouldn’t try to appease simple minded haters in this azz backwards state.
Okc makes no sense to have a team either but it worked. Milwaukee has had theirs forever. They wouldn't get it now. My point being that there are like 15 cities that are bigger and make more sense than Louisville. It's tiny, even smaller than okcFalse. The Louisville metro area is about the same size as cities like Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, and it is clearly a BIGGER market than that of cities like New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Buffalo, Memphis and Green Bay …all of which are home to big league franchises.
Louisville is big enough to have a team. It just has never been able to get one.
Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia
Yep . I played in the preliminary game before one of their games . It was pretty cool for a high school Junior,lol.
You mentioned it in a post and I lived there. Unless you want to pay big $$ to live in SoHo or Davis Islsnds or Culbreath or whatever--Tampa is NOT worth the COL. too many issues with bad roads and crappy sprawl.