ESPN Gameday Needs to Come to Syracuse for NC State Game

[Dinkyspond]

Forgive my ignorance, why are hotels a concern? GameDay crew is like 5 people. We have big events in Syracuse all the time.

They've been here for the basketball version multiple times. If hotels was an issue I doubt they would have gone to App State or any of the small towns in the SEC all these years.

 

[dollarbill44]

Forgive my ignorance, why are hotels a concern? GameDay crew is like 5 people. We have big events in Syracuse all the time.

Those 5 people don't do all the production work.

 

[elimunelson]

Those 5 people don't do all the production work.

Multiply it by 6 I bet.

 

[BigNastyJon]

On air is five behind the scenes is many more and it's Family Weekend which is often a very big hotel weekend especially at the hotels that ESPN would seem acceptable. It's similar to when SU didn't get picked to host lax playoffs due to graduation weekend.

Thanks. Understood from a crew perspective, but still,
not like we’re spur of the moment hosting the Olympics.

Parents weekend makes sense with limited hotels.

 

[donniesyracuse]

The cost of doing business is too high in New York. ESPN won’t come without subsidies.

 

[elimunelson]

Thanks. Understood from a crew perspective, but still,
not like we’re spur of the moment hosting the Olympics.

Parents weekend makes sense with limited hotels.

I’m not sure this is an issue. The Sheraton can get rooms back with some incentive to do so. I’m sure the school money making from this PR is worth moving people around to get rooms.

 

[rocklloyd]

I think this is coming down to hotel rooms. Can they find enough. Hotels near the hill look like their getting close to $500 a night. The four letter tries to get everything cheap with no commitment I'm sure.

I don’t get this. There are plenty of hotel rooms.

 

[SURules]

I don’t get this. There are plenty of hotel rooms.

No there isn’t as they are all full and any of the rooms left are going for $400+ a night if you can find one, That and they need enough for a whole production crew.

 

[Newhouser]

I don’t get this. There are plenty of hotel rooms.

No there isn't.

 

[kcsu]

Put them up at private homes in Skaneateles. Its 20 minutes to the Dome.

 

[SU94]

The cost of doing business is too high in New York. ESPN won’t come without subsidies.

Not limited to this ^^^, but some of the "theories" tossed around this thread are simply remarkable.
As in remarkably ignorant.

 

[Bulldog04]

And now with the addition of Pat mcafee and how much he posts on social about the town and the campus, this would be such a bigger deal to get them on campus. Cmon dealer one time

 

[SURules]

I just looked at Hilton’s site and they have rooms by the airport for about $660+ a night but they have rooms.

Edit, I’m not sure they have enough rooms but there were 9 I could get.

 

[JRHEETER]

I don’t get this. There are plenty of hotel rooms.

Lol the closest hotel you can get is in cortland

It’s parents weekend and the hotels are at max capacity

 

[Nick44]

I do wonder…..if it came down to a coin flip and Syracuse was one of the options….does Wildhack have any push on the decision because of his former employment?

 

[donniesyracuse]

I do wonder…..if it came down to a coin flip and Syracuse was one of the options….does Wildhack have any push on the decision because of his former employment?

If Weitsman can’t make this happen, nobody can.

 

[kcsu]

Lol the closest hotel you can get is in cortland

It’s parents weekend and the hotels are at max capacity

SU has known that this game was on the radar for GameDay. Im sure that they have had rooms set aside. Also the game is televised and that needed to be planned. I would guess that the university has rooms set aside

 

[OrangeDW]

Yeah, but are the local economy, weather, and HIKING TRAILS good enough?

 

[SURules]

SU has known that this game was on the radar for GameDay. Im sure that they have had rooms set aside. Also the game is televised and that needed to be planned. I would guess that the university has rooms set aside

Let’s hope.

 

[All4SU]

They do realize this is like peak leaf raking weekend, right?

 

[Finwad32]

They’ve been talking about where they’ve never been consistently this year. I have to imagine that’s a theme. Not only that, it’s a really good game with some strong story lines.

 

[orangenauburn]

If Weitsman can’t make this happen, nobody can.

They can stay on skaneateles lake

 

[Chip]

Forgive my ignorance, why are hotels a concern? GameDay crew is like 5 people. We have big events in Syracuse all the time.

I would think the entire operation is way more than 5 people.

I would also think hotel prices aren’t a concern. Every week they announce 1 week before a big game, college football towns aren’t exactly know for their hotel supply.

 

[kcsu]

Its going to be tough to trump Tennessee Bama

 

[SURules]

I would think the entire operation is way more than 5 people.

I would also think hotel prices aren’t a concern. Every week they announce 1 week before a big game, college football towns aren’t exactly know for their hotel supply.

Agreed. Availability is the bigger issue than $.