The "Thoughts That Don't Require Their Own Thread" Thread III

JDEsq09 · Jan 24, 2013

revsrock said: ↑

2011 precedent shows it is different bids.

9 stadiums for the Group Stage
Starts 7/7-7/16

2 Stadiums for QF
7/20 and 7/21

1 Stadium for SF
7/24 or 7/25

1 Stadium Final
7/28
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Right, but does that show that there were separate bidding procedures, or did CONCACAF schedule the 13 stadiums in that manner. What you posted doesn't show that there were separate bid procedures for the 9 group stage venues and the 4 knockout stage venues. Good try though.

Basically you guys want Gillette to tell CONCACAF to only be considered for the group stage, that's not Gillette's decision to make.

Crooked · Jan 24, 2013

JDEsq09 said: ↑

"CONCACAF did not state which venues would host the knockout stages, although the cities that boast the larger grounds have the better chances of doing so, such as Sun Life Stadium, Cowboys Stadium, Soldier Field, Rose Bowl and Century Link."

If there were separate bids, there would be a list of group stage venues and knockout stage venues. There's no distinction at this stage. Knockout stage venues will be determined at a later date. Case closed.
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I'm sorry man, but you make absolutely zero sense. I have no idea how the above statement proves your point in the sligthest. You're trying to tell me that they don't know where the quarters/semis/final will be hosted already? Just because they haven't announced it, it doesn't mean that it hasn't been decided. And as indicated above on the CONCACAF website, the bidding process was separate. Also, you're quoting an article from tropigol.com? I'm sorry, but I'd rather go by what the CONCACAF website indicated.

However, I want to get back to the main point of this discussion. Gillette Stadium has no scheduling conflicts during the group stage of this tournament and could have easily hosted games. We've always hosted group stage matches in the past, even with concerts and other events on the stadium schedule. The concerts at the end of July have no effect because CONCACAF had no intentions of giving us a quarterfinal/semifinal/final game in the first place. What is so hard to understand about this?

patfan1 · Jan 24, 2013

JDEsq09 said: ↑

Right, but does that show that there were separate bidding procedures, or did CONCACAF schedule the 13 stadiums in that manner. What you posted doesn't show that there were separate bid procedures for the 9 group stage venues and the 4 knockout stage venues. Good try though.
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I give up.

You're right. Kraft loves soccer, but we should never EVER ask him to spend some time paying attention the Revs. We should never actually comment about the Revs without getting your permission. You can ask all sorts of questions, and when you get answers, you'll ignore that and just move on to another topic. It's all about the money. Can't believe a moderator has a football user name. People shouldn't complain. There ... recap'd your posts for you.

Thread closed, way over 500 posts.