(10-10-2013 08:16 AM)FUB Wrote:  Seems like a gimmick to try and have a game that would pay like a home game for booth teams. It would be a very poor venue for football. Does not feel like a college football atmosphere to me

The local sports radio show here in Nashville (yes, the Clay Travis one) went to Bristol last year on a promo, and they already had a scaled replica of how they were going to pull off the football game. They've been planning it for a while; they just needed the teams to sign on. I'm sure they will be bringing in huge screens so the cheap seats will be able to see some semblance of the game. This will definitely be an "I was there" even as opposed to a quality viewing experience, but that's fine as long as 150,000 people feel that way.

150,000 sheep

(10-10-2013 08:46 AM)FUB Wrote:  150,000 sheep

It will be a blast to attend and I plan on going. If that makes me a "sheep" so be it. It will make for a better environment and more entertaining than any Memphis football game ever will be.

A terrible venue to watch a football game from. However, it should sellout.

How many temp seats could they add around the infield without obstructing views from the stands

Is Meteor Crator in Arizona next? 22 football fields fit in the bottom of that

(10-10-2013 11:40 AM)indianasniff Wrote:  Is Meteor Crator in Arizona next? 22 football fields fit in the bottom of that

Everybody could play on one day :) triple header!

(10-09-2013 11:00 PM)Blackhawk-eye Wrote:  Interesting plan, but those end zone and corner seats will be a long way from the field.

Looks like the closest seats will be at least twice as far from the field as the closest seats in a football stadium that has a track-and-field track around it.

Compare this photoshop vision of what the VT-Tenn game will look like with a photo of Kansas' football stadium.

(10-10-2013 11:32 AM)bertjo44 Wrote:  How many temp seats could they add around the infield without obstructing views from the stands

None. Any infield seats added will block somebody's view...

(10-09-2013 11:00 PM)Blackhawk-eye Wrote:  Interesting plan, but those end zone and corner seats will be a long way from the field.

I still like the idea.

It's not much different than watching basketball in a dome or the NHL Winter Classic.

What they need to do though is either add some permanent jumbotrons, or talk to the guys at WWE who are pretty good at setting up temporary sets up and makeshift screens.

They set this up in Met Life Stadium in NY





This was in Miami at Sunlife Stadium



And the Citrus Bowl in Orlando



But this is actually a smaller scale (playing surface to stands) and it is made to be more than acceptable for viewers, and they draw 70,000 plus every year. I am not sure if the over-the field-structure would be cost prohibitive due to size, for a temporary structure or not, but if it can be made, that would solve the viewing issues. Or set up giant screens over the endzone stands, or sacrifice 20,000 seats and build a massive wall like the one above in Orlando. Either way, do these, and it can easily draw again after the novelty is gone since it would be both an event, and you can actually see it.

...i've thought this would be a great idea for years... if VT would end up in the SEC, it would be a cool 'season-ender' for both...

Here is another "artist's rendering" of what a football field inside the speedway might look like.

The Bristol spokesman said today that sightlines would be good but fans would be 10-20 yards farther back than in a football stadium. That sounds about right.

I live near the Tri-Cities and have been to the Bristol night race and it rocks. My one issue with this is that Tennessee postponed the Nebraska game. It would have been great to play both in 2016.

Perfect border war for a boreder town; Bristol is in both states. Will be a cool atmosphere. Surprised VT/UT have not played more often. Just like I have always wondered why UT/WVU have not played.

Meh: Horrible sightlines, horrible traffic

I'll watch it on TV

(10-14-2013 01:15 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Here is another "artist's rendering" of what a football field inside the speedway might look like.

The Bristol spokesman said today that sightlines would be good but fans would be 10-20 yards farther back than in a football stadium. That sounds about right.

That is really stretching the truth (10-20 yds)...look at the end zones. It looks hideous.

There will be seats where the only viewing of the game will be TV screens.

(10-14-2013 04:10 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  That is really stretching the truth (10-20 yds)...look at the end zones. It looks hideous.

Maybe they are comparing it to the Los Angeles Colesium prior to the addition of temp seats?

University of Michigan is investigating a game at Michigan International Speedway

No first hand knowledge of course


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(10-14-2013 05:37 PM)adcorbett Wrote:  

(10-14-2013 04:10 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  That is really stretching the truth (10-20 yds)...look at the end zones. It looks hideous.

Maybe they are comparing it to the Los Angeles Colesium prior to the addition of temp seats?

No, the LA Coliseum seats, even those that aren't really good seats, are much, much closer than the comparable seats at Bristol will be. Among other things, the track at the Coliseum took up much less room than the auto track at Bristol.