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NDSU looks at possible football game at Target Field
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Jay
Capture that market!!!
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Would this be at the expense of a home game?
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Sounds awesome. At least one local team will get a win in that stadium! Lol. There's an attendance joke somewhere in there too.
As an aside....tailgating options might be worse than at tcf.
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No_Skill
Would this be at the expense of a home game?
Does it matter?
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If successful, I could see this being bi-annual.
It raises many questions.
Is this a preview of our potential as an fbs team? A good showing could be used to prove the theory we could fill a larger venue. It could be used to show we have a viewing audience in the cities. Are there ulterior motives?
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Baseball wise it holds 40k. Not sure how many more configured for football. It's a sellout regardless of who we play.
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Jay
Does it matter?
Maybe. I might be looking too deep into this, but if it takes away a home game, that's a big chunk of change out of the Fargodome's pocket. This could generate a large profit for NDSU. Could this be a means to apply pressure for expansion?
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I'm lukewarm on it. I don't like the idea of giving up a home game and the seating configuration would be goofy to say the least. However, it would be great exposure in an incredibly lucrative market for NDSU so worth the effort IMO.
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This is a great idea, especially to use as a special event for alumni with no potentially no FBS games for a while.
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Professor Chaos
I'm lukewarm on it. I don't like the idea of giving up a home game and the seating configuration would be goofy to say the least. However, it would be great exposure in an incredibly lucrative market for NDSU so worth the effort IMO.
I am with you I would rather not drive 8 hours...But if it helps the program...OK
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Jay
Sounds great and all that but have you ever watched a football game in a baseball stadium? It sucks.
Plus Im not in favor of losing a home game for a gimmick.
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Another plus is if they're able to sell out Target Field that would probably catch the attention of the folks at US Bank stadium... and lead to potential opportunities down the road...
On a somewhat related note I can't imagine this would make anyone at the Gopher athletic department overly giddy.
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Jay
Does it matter?
Yes. It would have to count as an away game IMO.
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They have to have an opponent in mind. I wonder who it is.
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Meh--taxing the pure and local fanbase too much IMO. Don't like the idea at all. All you people who bitch about teammaker members need to realize that most of us don't have unlimited $$ to donate AND spend a shit ton on traveling to watch the team. Maybe I'm an outlier, but this does nothing for me other than I'll miss a game that I could and would otherwise attend.
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Target Field? Boooooo! For the sole reason of losing mojo rubbing off on our Bison.
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Target Field? Meh. Great for baseball but meh for football. Why not TCF or the Vikings Stadium?
And it can't be against Delaware State or some schmuck team. Gotta give season ticket holders dibs too
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This is a great idea and needs to happen. Larsen is trying to capitalize on the momentum and I love that. The "giving up a home game" claim doesn't hold water. This will nearly sellout with Twin Cities alumni alone. Get a high caliber FCS opponent with name recognition like Sam Houston, Montana, etc. and this event will be a huge success. (Please no Incarnate Word, PV A&M type teams) :praying:
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Strommer10
This is a great idea and needs to happen. Larsen is trying to capitalize on the momentum and I love that. The "giving up a home game" claim doesn't hold water. This will nearly sellout with Twin Cities alumni alone. Get a high caliber FCS opponent with name recognition like Sam Houston, Montana, etc. and this event will be a huge success. (Please no Incarnate Word, PV A&M type teams) :praying:
You list your location as Minneapolis... I would want it too if I lived there
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CAS4127
Meh--taxing the pure and local fanbase too much IMO. Don't like the idea at all. All you people who bitch about teammaker members need to realize that most of us don't have unlimited $$ to donate AND spend a shit ton on traveling to watch the team. Maybe I'm an outlier, but this does nothing for me other than I'll miss a game that I could and would otherwise attend.
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Great point. For folks that travel from West of Fargo that means more $$$ out of our pockets. If it were WI at the new Vikes stadium that would be cool.
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HerdBot
Target Field? Meh. Great for baseball but meh for football. Why not TCF or the Vikings Stadium?
And it can't be against Delaware State or some schmuck team. Gotta give season ticket holders dibs too
Cause you can fill TF?.? Plus it seems we have a connection.... there again.?.?
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MAKBison
Cause you can fill TF?.? Plus it seems we have a connection there again.?.?
I think we could get pretty close depending on opponent. 50k capacity. The idea is to tap into new fans and expand right. Why does it have to sell out?
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I do agree that part of it is a bit of a gimmick but you are doing it to attract some attention to the game. Not sure how the sightlines would be but Target would probably be better then most baseball stadiums because it is a very compact stadium.
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HerdBot
You list your location as Minneapolis... I would want it too if I lived there
Correct. And I'm not saying this should be an every year thing. But a one time event to capitalize on all of this exposure that NDSU has been receiving, I would be all for it no matter where I lived.
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Gopher field in this pic but it shows what it would look like...
http://www.ballparkmagic.com/_resour...20grid%202.jpg
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NDSUstudent
Have you ever been to a FB game in a BB stadium?
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Strommer10
This is a great idea and needs to happen. Larsen is trying to capitalize on the momentum and I love that. The "giving up a home game" claim doesn't hold water. This will nearly sellout with Twin Cities alumni alone. Get a high caliber FCS opponent with name recognition like Sam Houston, Montana, etc. and this event will be a huge success. (Please no Incarnate Word, PV A&M type teams) :praying:
Completely agree with you and Student. I would be surprised if we get ANY new FBS games scheduled in the immediate future. If we can't get yearly FBS games, this would be an awesome alternative. Would be exciting, awesome exposure in the cities, rub it in to the Goofs, what's not to love about it?
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HerdBot
I think we could get pretty close depending on opponent. 50k capacity. The idea is to tap into new fans and expand right. Why does it have to sell out?
Perception!
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Jay
If this is a success, all that talk about FBS not interested in NDSU because of TV sets, audience, blah blah blah will be irrelevant.
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GOBISON123
If this is a success, all that talk about FBS not interested in NDSU because of TV sets, audience, blah blah blah will be irrelevant.
How's that? Are we gonna play all of our "home" games there?
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GOBISON123
If this is a success, all that talk about FBS not interested in NDSU because of TV sets, audience, blah blah blah will be irrelevant.
When NDSU draws 40,000 at a neutral site game, the entire FBS will take notice.
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CAS4127
How's that? Are we gonna play all of our "home" games there?
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Thats a good point, I didnt think about that.
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meh, doesn't turn me on. No one in the cities, outside of alumni, are going to be turned on for a game between two FCS teams that have no connection to the area. Even if we bring a MAC team, no one will care because it isn't a big 10 team.
I would rather he work on playing a P5 team. Doesn't matter who or where. I would travel to Tuscaloosa, Athens, LA, or Scottsdale to see us play before I would drive to the TC to watch us cream some no name FCS team.
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NDSUstudent
That looks pretty snug. Wasn't there a football game at Wrigley a few years back and the football field didn't fit?
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Strommer10
When NDSU draws 40,000 at a neutral site game, the entire FBS will take notice.
Doubt it. We will always have a limited TV market. That's where FBS conferences make money. What we can draw in a stadium that's not ours wouldn't seem to matter.
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LITTLEGUYSINGREEN
meh, doesn't turn me on. No one in the cities, outside of alumni, are going to be turned on for a game between two FCS teams that have no connection to the area. Even if we bring a MAC team, no one will care because it isn't a big 10 team.
I would rather he work on playing a P5 team. Doesn't matter who or where. I would travel to Tuscaloosa, Athens, LA, or Scottsdale to see us play before I would drive to the TC to watch us cream some no name FCS team.
Solid post!!
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GOBISON123
If this is a success, all that talk about FBS not interested in NDSU because of TV sets, audience, blah blah blah will be irrelevant.
Dude weve already played the goofs 3 times. Beat them twice. FBS still isnt interested. You been living under a rock?
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LITTLEGUYSINGREEN
meh, doesn't turn me on. No one in the cities, outside of alumni, are going to be turned on for a game between two FCS teams that have no connection to the area. Even if we bring a MAC team, no one will care because it isn't a big 10 team.
I would rather he work on playing a P5 team. Doesn't matter who or where. I would travel to Tuscaloosa, Athens, LA, or Scottsdale to see us play before I would drive to the TC to watch us cream some no name FCS team.
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This.