http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...706130333/1002
City submits Summit proposal
Plan addresses locker room needs
By Terry Vandrovec
tvandrovec@argusleader.com
Published: June 13, 2007
Sioux Falls beat the clock, but it remains to be seen if its final attempt will find the mark.
Plans to address inadequacies inside the Arena were submitted to the Summit League office Monday, meaning Sioux Falls' proposal to host the men's and women's basketball tournaments in 2009 and 2010 will be presented at the league's joint council meeting that begins today in Chicago.
The other finalist is Tulsa, Okla., which will host for the fourth year in a row in 2008 at the 4-year-old, $22 million Union Multipurpose Activity Center.
Earlier this month, six Summit League officials toured Sioux Falls and its Arena, built in 1961, and confirmed four major shortcomings: the quality and quantity of locker rooms for officials and players and the lack of a media room and a training room.
Since the site visit, the parties involved in Sioux Falls' bid - the Sioux Falls Sports Authority, the Convention and Visitors Bureau and South Dakota State - have worked with the league and an architect on options for upgrading, reconfiguring or remodeling within the building's existing space to meet the needs of the 16-team NCAA Division I tournament. . . . (read more)
According to Terry Vandrovec(and other sources), it looks like Sioux Falls got the tourney. I admit I'm a bit surprised, but it sounds like the proposed changes to the arena were enough to allay the ADs' concerns.
Boy, when the NDSU and SDSU men and women meet in the championship games, that place is going to be nuts.
edit: here's the Argus Leader article:
Summit League likely to announce Sioux Falls will host basketball tourneys in 2009
(it should read Wed, not Tue, for the press conference)
Last edited by Hammersmith; 06-27-2007 at 12:54 AM.
Good for Sioux Falls+++++
Latest update........news conference at 10 AM today.
http://argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll...31/1002/SPORTS
I might be missing this in other threads. SF has won the tournament bid. Great news for the Dakotas.
I can't wait to see the Bison go to the "Big Dance" on a court within driving distance of Fargo!
I'm suprised they took it away from Tulsa. Last year that place was rocking and it is like a mile from ORU. That place is really nice and it's a high school arena. Great for Sioux Falls.