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HOO86 OP
Sep 03, 2023 at 08:50 AM ET
Venues in Dallas to become ACC prominent
According to this comment by the Chancellor of Cal-Berkeley, the ACC is planning on using Dallas in ways to minimize travel. We will be learning more about available Dallas sports venues soon it seems. Dallas is easy for everyone to travel to, so makes sense.
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Truthahn
Makes sense since Dallas is in ACC territory now.
We have a team there, after all.
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ombandit
ONLY for non-revenue sports
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LonghornHokie
1. Make everyone travel instead of just the visiting team(s);
2. Spend unnecessarily on rental facilities when schools already have their own; 3. Ensure minimal to zero fans will be able to attend. Yeo, sounds like an ACC plan in action.
Old Line Hokie Old Line Hokie
So, how many home games will each ACC school give up for this?
One game per year per sport? Tech softball and baseball will have to give up a home series vs. Cal or Stanford? Volleyball, lacrosse, Soccer,... has to also give up a home game to satisfy Cal or Stanford. Dallas isn't that close to Blacksburg as many "experts" say it is. Fly from Roanoke or worst, travel to Charlotte to get a flight to Dallas? Cal and Stanford knew what they got themselves into when they wanted to join a conference on the opposite coast. This Dallas site idea takes home games away from Tech (or any other ACC fans) that 90% of the fan base can't afford (money or time-wise). I suggest Cal and Stanford just make all those trips east and all the ACC schools make the trip west. The ACC can subsidize the extra cost it requires to make those longer journeys. Olympic sports games involving Cal/Stanford will just take place on Friday-Sunday time period. No Monday-Thursday games. How does Hawaii do it? ACC eastern teams will only have to travel to the San Francisco Bay area once per season (maybe every 2 seasons depending on schedules). Swimming, golf and tennis make to most sense for Dallas. Please don't take away soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, softball and baseball games from the fans. Going to Cal or Stanford seems like a "perk" for Olympic sport athletes, an educatonal expereince. It's just once a year if you alternate Cal and Stanford. Pac-12 schools have played at Tech in sports like lacrosse during the regular season and vice versa.
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Marooned
I believe Dallas is being floated as a non-revenue tournament site
not for neutral site games in season. If multiple sports can do this concurrently in a place like Frisco with venues, restaurants and hotels close together, then one trip can provide an opportunity to cheer on multiple VT teams in an Olympics type of environment.
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EDGEMAN
Like Jacksonville was for the ACC Football Championship Game?
SunDevilHokie SunDevilHokie
The PAC played “paired road games” in non-football sports
Sun Devils would play Thursday & Sat at Oregon and OSU for example. I expect ACC will do something similar for Cal/Stanford and likewise when they travel East
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RJHokie
The ACC does this to some extent in volleyball, lacrosse
and soccer, wrestling, and sometimes in basketball.
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BAMRising
Yup. Net travel time difference for schools likely negligible
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tarheelblue
For the olympic sports they should just play fewer conference opponents.
Just let the California schools schedule more out of conference games with local teams if they want to do that.
manassashoo manassashoo
Maybe for Stanford, Cal, and SMU home games, but can't see current ACC
schools giving up home games in any sport.
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HOO86 OP
I was thinking for all of the tournaments.
Greensboro, Durham Bulls Baseball,, Cary Tennis, Cary Soccer, etc. For ACC Tournaments. Where is the ACC Golf Tournament, Lake Norman Rowing. All to become Dallas something. I wasn't thinking home games.
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Marooned
Holding the soccer tourneys at the Star in Frisco would be great
It’s indoor and a really great area. Of course Toyota Stadium (where FC Dallas plays) is nearby too, and Dr. Pepper Stadium for baseball.
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jesuisvtguy
This doesn't seem to make much sense...
Let's think about this... For current ACC teams, traveling once to San Francisco isn't a big deal and is likely a perk. Thus, it would only help California and Stanford in their "away games". But, that means teams on the east coast would now need to travel 3 to 4 hours to get to Dallas... just to save California 2 to 3 hours of extra flight time. The cumulative travel time for everyone involved, plus expenses and burden, is far greater and costlier. The solution is add a few more schools out west so teams can have more local rivals. Unfortunately, during all this conference shuffling the ACC was either A) asleep at the wheel, or B) didn't want to expand without major concessions . Probably a combination of both.
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BAMRising
East coast teams already travel 3-4 hours for games - if not more.
Just means now they fly to get to where they need to go; Instead of traveling by bus and/or (bus + plane).
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jesuisvtguy
Huh? East coast teams fly ZERO hours for home games.
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Sunsetunderground
Anyone know what facilities make sense?
I've read the SMU swimming and diving facility is the best in the country. What else would they use? SMU doesn't sponsor many of the ACC sports.
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Marooned
Just posted above. There are a lot of great venues in Frisco
Plus it’s a great area to hold a tournament.
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HOO86 OP
How about this one.
For the ACC Tennis Tournaments.
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TxHokie94
Expansion may be weird, but for a Dallas-based Hokie
...everything is coming up Millhouse.
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HOO86 OP
I expect to see an ACC Championship Meet to be hosted there.
That place is new and state of the art. I hope we still use the Greensboro Aquatics center also some years.