The first two rounds of the women’s tournament are held on campus of 1-4 seeds. State has hosted those before. They’re actually headed to South Bend right now since Notre Dame is hosting as a 3 seed. They wouldn’t actually travel to a “regional” site until the Sweet 16 and Elite 8.
That place is meant to host rodeos, the fair, wildlife expos, etc. It won't ever been an elite arena. Gonna have to build that elsewhere.The Mississippi Coliseum renovation renderings were promising, but the result was underwhelming
You are right. Not EVEN close.I grew up in Alabama and the BJCC was the epitome of all concerts, basketball Final Fours, conventions, etc.
Was at a volleyball tournament there earlier this year and it was unrecognizable. The $100 million upgrade to the arena is amazing. UAB's new stadium is beautiful.
The Birmingham Crossplex is in a questionable part of the city, but that facility puts everything in the state of Mississippi to shame.
I told a friend that you don't realize how bad Jackson is until you visit Birmingham. A lot of folks in Mississippi think Jackson and Birmingham are similar. Birmingham is way ahead.
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The Coast just doesn't have the basketball cache, and will never be a true player for NCAA basketball, now that I think about it more. It's really more of a baseball area.Stop discussing Jackson. That's the worst place and isn't an option. It's the coast! Casinos, food, beach, interstate....Buc-ees brisket soon.
Hell, the capital should move. It could go back to Enterprise/Stonewall and be better than Jackson.
Like I said, 20 years behind. Jackson was building its baseball stadium in the suburbs, while Birmingham was building its stadium downtown.
Thanks for the update as I didn't realize 500K were in the big 3. I lived there from '78 to '86 with another stint '98 to 2001. Makes me wonder how much Jxn's grown because I don't remember population totals back then. Forgot that Zoo Town is that close to Jxn too. I understand now how those other counties are included since I've been in DFW now over 20 years. Many commutes in these parts are horrible.
True. But only because Jacktown dropped the ball. That dude from Spectrum was on Bounds show weekly it seemed begging for Jackson to buy into baseball. Harvey Johnson completely flubbed that whole ordeal.
I was going to pretty sarcastically mention the airport in Jackson, but then I read how many passengers it serves each year. 17 thats small for the populations.
It really gives you some perspective on the responses to other topics that are debated here.
In February I had the displeasure of attending a cheer event at the Jackson Convention Center. I've had to attend these all over the southeast at different venues and that was by far the worst one for multiple reasons.
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The Pearl stadium was partly a state-run tourism effort with a bunch of help from Pearl itself.
Absolutely, very easy drive down Hwy 49. I know several Yazoo County/City folks that drive to Warren County.
Airport operational capability is not something that is restricting anything in MS. We have more than adequate airports, esp JAN and GPT.
Wouldn't the drive from Jxn to Zoo Town be about the same as driving from Vicksburg to Jxn?
Stop discussing Jackson. That's the worst place and isn't an option. It's the coast
Hell, the capital should move. It could go back to Enterprise/Stonewall and be better than Jackson.
Do we go ahead and spend $200 million on the Jackson State dome and make it a state owned and run facility instead of JSU?
I’d argue it started more than 10 years ago but it definitely has come a long way.
Might be willing to do that if they let the state police that area and not the city of Jackson.
The bigger issue is he asked 3 times when the first answer had all the information. The second answer had all the information also and he still asked a third question. It was like he could only read the first sentence of the answer.
The Capitol Police cover Jackson State already if that map posted in that earlier thread is still correct.
I thought about saying that but I didn’t know what’s the most economically feasible so I held off from saying that.Do we go ahead and spend $200 million on the Jackson State dome and make it a state owned and run facility instead of JSU?
Hell no. Let them have their state-funded football stadium, and let the hospital expand. Let a new arena be something totally separate. Truth be known it may need to be privately funded/owned/operated, but at minimum, no association at all with JSU.Do we go ahead and spend $200 million on the Jackson State dome and make it a state owned and run facility instead of JSU?
They can use it. But they don't need to own/operate it. Unless they wanted to pay for it I suppose, which they can't do.
Could you please come and make this exact speech at every city council and board of supervisors meeting on the coast? Please?
Jackson airport has just gotten a completely new Board of Commissioners. That actually appears to be at least somewhat qualified. So maybe things are on the upswing at JAN.
"But future tense, if Jackson can ever get its act together, a new arena would be a great addition."
I agree.
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I will admit it: This made me laugh out loud.
Do you think that demonstration could have been able to be accomplished if Mississippi had resolved its flag issue back in the early 2000s (2001 if I recall correctly)?
