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Looks like Mohegan Sun for AAC WBB Tournament

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alexrgct said:
The notion that Louisville will support a league tournament keeps coming up when there is no evidence, seriously it doesn't exist, that Louisville could actually support such a tournament. The lifeblood of the women's tournament has always been people being willing to pay $99 for the tournament package. Louisville practically gives away tickets to women's games. Why would fans pay $99 all of a sudden for a tournament where the only good game is likely to be Uconn-Louisville?
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It's a 3 hour trip for me....I would :)
 
DaddyChoc said:
guess I'll be watching on my 60" HDTV :p
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Life is soooo tough!;)
As for other options - there are a ton of them within the 10 to 20 minute range of the venue, from small town NE to cities like New London and tourist meccas like Mystic and Old Lyme.​
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UcMiami said:
Interesting, and I think great. But I hope it is not too long a deal. While I love having the conference championship in CT, I think it would be better to create a rotating home between two to four venues. Geographically Ct is now truly at the NE edge of the AAC and it would be wise to spread the wealth.
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Wealth must be created before it can be spread.
 
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CL82 said:
Seriously? It can't be more than 30 minutes door to door right?
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from Hartford to Uncasville? 60 minutes... by car, driving at the normal speed limit
 
vtcwbuff said:
DC - Room rates vary widely at the casino hotel. Weekends are pricey, big name concert weekends even more so. A $170 midweek room goes for $550 on the weekend. Those are rack rates, and I'm sure they can be beat. I don't think we have paid more than $250 a night for a view room. The brand new Mohegan Sun Hyatt nearby has rooms for under $120.
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Those are not "cheap" room rates, of course I don't know if folks could do or did better in Hartford (the years we went, we paid with reward points). The times when I paid over $250 per night (or close to it) were special. Celebrations, resorts in Hawai'i, etc. For routine travel, we look for rates around $100.00, especially for a mulitiple night event. I would think that most would find the Sun pricy.

FWIW, we did stay there years ago ( the WBB team that played there before the Sun, small league) and thought the hotel and casino (we don't gamble) quite nice, the food at the time was good, but it was many, many years ago.
 
DaddyChoc said:
from Hartford to Uncasville? 60 minutes... by car, driving at the normal speed limit
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I didn't realize that anyone in CT drove a normal speed limit. Seems to me it is more like the Einstinean speed limit of the speed of light squared.
 
DaddyChoc said:
from Hartford to Uncasville? 60 minutes... by car, driving at the normal speed limit
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DaddyC - Mapquest drive time from the XL center to Mohegan Sun is 49 minutes. If traffic is light you can do it in less, but beware of speed traps.
 
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I would have guessed 40 minutes from Hartford to Mohegan, but I drive like a bat out of hell.
 
ericsandiego said:
This should be fun. I bet Hartford is really bummed. I"ve never been to Mohegan Sun. will be fun for me next march... Would UCONN fans be supportive of holding it in Bridgeport? It seems like most were happy with the 2nd round of the NCAA's, except maybe for the parking...?
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I wouldnt mind it being in BPT for a few years, though there goes your free parking :(
 
I personally am opposed to amateur sports tournaments being held at a gambling casino, so I sadly will not be attending. But I am happy for those of you pleased with it. To each his own I guess.
 
Huskyhoops said:
I personally am opposed to amateur sports tournaments being held at a gambling casino, so I sadly will not be attending. But I am happy for those of you pleased with it. To each his own I guess.
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Care to explain why?
 
where is the mix... arena has nothing to do with the slots?
 
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Mixing college athletics and gambling on athletics is a bad idea.

I don't see the connection otherwise - my wife and I don't gamble but as noted above attended a game there years ago. So there are slot machines and card games, etc. somewhere else in the building - doesn't affect the game or participants.
 
I just dont think there's enough to do at the Casino Resort to be there for a 3-5 night stay.

and I dont mind pulling on the one-arm bandit (its been over 5yrs, or longer since I have) and I know if I go to watch a game Im dropping a nickel in something.

the XL Center and downtown Hartford was perfect :(
 
alex just weak excuses "imo"... people act like the crap tables are at the end of each bench
 
If you don't attend because of an opposition to gambling, then you are simply trying to draw attention to a BS holier-than-thou stance.

It's not like the league PGs are meeting in the Pai Gow room.

Get a frigging grip.
 
zls, your complaint against those who will not attend the tournament because it is at Mohegan Sun is the exact type of intolerance you are accusing the other of holding. No one has to attend or not attend any event and if someone has a strong personal moral stance, misplaced or not, it is not their responsibility to make any you or one else happy and it is their right to voice their objection. It is their right to protest that with which they do not agree just as it is others right to attend and support the event. Shouting down others by criticism does neither any good.

Many people, religious or otherwise, have strong objections to gambling. Many religious traditions have no problem with gambling, most notably those who have run bingo for generations. I know several atheists who strongly object to gambling because of its social impact.
 
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zls44 said:
If you don't attend because of an opposition to gambling, then you are simply trying to draw attention to a BS holier-than-thou stance.

It's not like the league PGs are meeting in the Pai Gow room.

Get a frigging grip.
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Nice to know that tolerance is alive and well on the BY.

Huskyhoops merely said that s/he did not want to attend at Mohegan; s/he made no comment about anyone else who chose to attend.

For my own part, I'd prefer it not be there, but have accepted the financial realities of the AAC. I have no opposition to gambling in general. But the NCAA has very strong opposition for its athletes -- I believe *all* college athletes have to get anti-gambling training, and that includes not even being in an basketball pool, even if you're a soccer player.
I would feel the same way about holding a high school tournament in an arena that was attached to a brewery. I think it sends the wrong message to the kids. Just my opinion.
 
Thanks to Icebear and Vowelguy for dissertations much more elegant than I could have mustered. I had personally backed off because it was never my intention to start a battle over what someone should or should not believe in morally or otherwise. I will say that my views are very close to those expressed by Vowelguy, and I don't believe that is going to change anytime soon. So peace, and let's get back to discussing how the team is going to overexcel all expections in 2013 - 2014!
 
Icebear said:
zls, your complaint against those who will not attend the tournament because it is at Mohegan Sun is the exact type of intolerance you are accusing the other of holding. No one has to attend or not attend any event and if someone has a strong personal moral stance, misplaced or not, it is not their responsibility to make any you or one else happy and it is their right to voice their objection. It is their right to protest that with which they do not agree just as it is others right to attend and support the event. Shouting down others by criticism does neither any good.

Many people, religious or otherwise, have strong objections to gambling. Many religious traditions have no problem with gambling, most notably those who have run bingo for generations. I know several atheists who strongly object to gambling because of its social impact.
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Ice - I don't want to speak for Zls but I think that they didn't object that someone might not wish to attend a game at Mohegan Sun because of the gambling. I understood that the objection was to the individual's need to post it in the manner that it was written .
 
vtcwbuff said:
Ice - I don't want to speak for Zls but I think that they didn't object that someone might not wish to attend a game at Mohegan Sun because of the gambling. I understood that the objection was to the individual's need to post it in the manner that it was written .
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Huskyhoops, "I personally am opposed to amateur sports tournaments being held at a gambling casino, so I sadly will not be attending. But I am happy for those of you pleased with it. To each his own I guess."

zls, "If you don't attend because of an opposition to gambling, then you are simply trying to draw attention to a BS holier-than-thou stance."

vowelguy, "Huskyhoops merely said that s/he did not want to attend at Mohegan; s/he made no comment about anyone else who chose to attend."

Huskyhoops response, "I had personally backed off because it was never my intention to start a battle over what someone should or should not believe in morally or otherwise."

Reread the later response of Huskyhoops. Vowelguy, also, read it to be the same as I did. Either way, it is the right of anyone to respond as I suggested.
 
vtcwbuff said:
Ice - I don't want to speak for Zls but I think that they didn't object that someone might not wish to attend a game at Mohegan Sun because of the gambling. I understood that the objection was to the individual's need to post it in the manner that it was written .
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Hmm. A message board where folks should *not* post their personal opinions. Interesting idea.
 
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