Posted by Rat on 3/25/2008, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: I say Stanford and their new stadium get it. *"
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It all depends on how many visiting fans fly to the game. Have they done surveys at the Carson site? Cal Poly is more centrally located and San Luis Obispo and environs has more cheaper room rates.
But if SoCal fans were flying in, the San Jose airport is a cheaper taxi ride to a hotel or Spartan Stadium. Stanford requires one to almost rent a car to get there.
It's toss up between SLO and San Jose. Cal Poly's new Alex Spanos stadium is prewired for television (No producer trucks necessary) even though they haven't broadcast that many games. The weather 200 miles south of San Jose is usually better at that time of year.
San Jose State is in a major media market. San Luis Obispo is" the tree in the forest" that doesn't make a sound.
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: Fog It was pretty clear Saturday during a
: news conference by CIF Executive Director
: Marie Ishida that the Home Depot Center in
: Carson isn't likely to host this fall's
: third year of the state bowl championships
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: Set for the weekend of Dec. 20, Ishida said
: seven venues have made bids to host the five
: bowl games, including Home Depot, which was
: the venue the last two years. But Ishida
: said "the cost is prohibitive" in
: Home Depot's proposal.
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: Others who have submitted bids include the
: Coliseum, Bakersfield's Memorial Stadium,
: Stanford, UC Davis, San Jose State and Cal
: Poly San Luis Obispo's visitor's bureau.
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: I make Bakersfield the favorite because it's
: close enough to Los Angeles that it would
: hold down transportation costs. But
: everybody had better have a (Tule) fog horn
: ready for driving to Bakersfield the week
: before Christmas.
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: Los Angeles Times
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