(12-08-2012 11:29 AM)Blazerstadium Wrote: "If there were a stadium in Hoover would you want to play there instead of LF"???
No. You would have to completely demolish the Met and rebuild it as a football stadium. Which would be just like the OCS, minus the OC part. But no, I'd rather be at Legion Field than at Hoover. Right now 0 students would drive to Hoover for a UAB game. Legion Field is at least close, even if people are afraid of all those big scary black people lol.
I think Hoover could build a designated football stadium to host big high school rivalries - Hoover-Vestavia is too big for either schools' home stadium, which is why they play it at the Met alternating years. It could go next to the Met where the club soccer field is. There's plenty of undeveloped space there.
They could make it 15k and have some big high school game each week, plus host the Super 6 instead of having in in the cavernous Bryant-Denny/ Jordan-Hare stadiums. Samford could also play some bigger games there (home and home with UAB? South Alabama?), and they could try to bring some Troy/ North Alabama/ Jacksonville State/ whatever games to town. Make it a Family Football Saturday weekly thing or whatever. Neutral site games for Georgia vs. Mississippi 1-AA schools
It could also double as the soccer field for the College Cup, as well as UAB's or Samford's or whoever else's when they have games that are too big for West Campus field, like UAB vs. Alabama or Auburn women's soccer, if they have teams, and maybe some Olympic stuff since
soccer teams will never play at Legion Field again because of the fake grass.
They could also host big youth Classic, Premier, and Rec tournaments, which are usually held in Montgomery, and high school soccer tournaments, if those exist. It's nice to be able to sit in a real seat to watch your kid play soccer. 90 minutes is a lengthy stay on a bleacher. Designated football/ soccer and baseball facilities, right next to each other. Problems solved, kinda.
Of course all the C-USA media requirements would have to be met. If all of those requirements were met, and it were at least 15k big, I would be okay with it, but driving 25 minutes from campus to get to a home game is still a tough sell for me and a lateral move at best. But the Met is an absolute "no," and a very bad idea.