Future Draft in Green Bay?

they turned the draft into a circus and of course it will be a traveling one.

and I still won't watch, attend or care other than to watch a draft tracker online and see who's name pops up behind Green Bay Packers.

Not a chance in hell Green Bay would ever get the Draft.  Just like they'd never give GB the Super Bowl.  Where would the Draft be held - KI? the Casino?

The NFL Draft would not bring more people and media to GB than a home game, they could certainly do it there.

They have a venue that is actually larger then Radio City Music Hall:

Count Green Bay mayor Jim Schmitt in. On Thursday, Schmitt made it clear that he'd love for the NFL Draft to come to Green Bay, Wis. -- and he believes the city could handle the event.

"We’re going to be all over this," Schmitt said by phone. "We’re going to do whatever we can to make this a reality.”

 

The realistic venue to him would be the Resch Center, located across the street from Lambeau Field. The Resch, which hosts the UW-Green Bay men's basketball games, the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers and various concerts, has a capacity of 9,877. The Radio City Music Hall currently holds 6,015.

 

This is probably something the NFL would throw a bone to and give to GB. It's no where near the hotel capacity you would need to host a SB. If weather cooperates, yes I think GB could pull it off. 

 

 

 

The KI Convention Center seems big enough. Largest room can handle over 3500 people.

 

Resch maybe.  But Ki doesn't have the elevated/arena type seating.  I can't see the draft venue having row theater rows all at the same level.

Weidner center? Or is that big enough?

Weidner only holds just over 2000.

The Bar on Holmgren Way.

So i guess having it at my house is totally out of the question

The Ego Room in Brett Favres steakhouse is a lot bigger than most people think. 

it just looks smaller on camera

Just a guess, but I would think the Resch would probably do the draft "concert style". You would have your elevated seating etc that people would want.

 

 

But remember, the NFL really couldn't give a shi* less about the building it's held in. It's all about and always be about how many tune in. $$$$ baby.

 

ESPN/NFLN would beat to death the story of having the draft at the Frozen Tundra.

 

 

Green Bay should be a lock for the draft if the NFL wants to market this. The stadium is right next to the Resch. Plenty of hotels withinn a 40 mile radius, the drive time is far less from the hotels to the draft than a big city.

If that place can get Poison and Motley Crue, they should be able to get the draft no problem because nothing tops those two {puke}

Who cares what bands they have play there. The whole area around Lambeau is a party, why else would you go to the draft?

Da Yoopers could be the house band during the draft, if Poison is unavailable.

 

(Don't worry, Poison's always available)

Every time a lineman is drafted, Poison could play "Unskinny Bop".

that is SDPF level hilarity right there

Sometimes. Things that aren't funny are pretty funny.

I guess I don't understand.  What if they drafted a gay Asian to play OL?  Would Oprah like that or would we need to make sure he was a Muslim? 

Every time an Asian rineman is drafted, Poison could play "talk dirty to me".

I'm thinking of yet another race reassignment surgery.  

 

About 3-4 years ago I posted the idea of moving around the Draft.  I get so sick of those NY fans...especially loud-mouth boorish guys cheering on the Jets.  Then you toss in some of the Philly clowns and it was too much sometimes.

 

Anyways, my original thought was to have the Draft circulate through 5-6 NFL cities.  ie., NY, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, San Fran and maybe Dallas.  This way regionally fans would be able to travel shorter distances to attend the Draft. 

You are to the revolving draft location what Al is to the three-pointer in basketball.

 

Credos.

Ideally, the draft could be held at Lambeu, but I suppose that's a bit of overkill, to say the least. Not to mention I doubt the NFL would gamble on fair weather.

But everything is in place to handle an event of that size in GB without breaking a sweat, and they should be given as much consideration as any city.

You want an all time draft?  Have Roger walk out of the back room to pump 6 to announce the picks at any of the Fox Valley Kwik Trips huffing on a marb. 

 

I'll bet it wouldn't take 3 days either.

Why not Lambeau Field?  If all the league cares about is $$, 80,000 fans who paid to get in would check that box.  Then, at this time of the year, you could catch a draft at the NFL draft.  Attendance at the following Packer minicamp might be down while everyone recovers, but you can't have everything. 

 

As for me, the draft is an opportunity for my cousin and I to get together for a couple days.  One time we went to EAA on Friday, another time we went to a Brewers game, things like that while waiting for the draft times to begin that day.  So no matter where it occurs, as long as it is televised, I am good. 

Green Bay is the only acceptable alternative to New York. Maybe Chicago. Rush street. New Orleans is a slim possibility.

If they put it in Indianapolis or Dallas or LA or anywhere else, we're probably done going to the draft.

Part of me thinks it would be a great way to "throw a bone" to the markets where they don't want to host a Super Bowl too. Green Bay, Buffalo, Seattle, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philly, Cleveland, etc.

Or to non NFL cities like Vegas, Austin, Minneapolis, Los Angeles....

 

 

Vegas I could definitely see.

Snicker, snicker, ha, ha!   

Good idea. I bet none of the networks, and especially not Chris Berman, would do any sort of tacky gambling comparisons dozens of times throughout the telecast.

Who's Chris Berman?

It'll never happen. They'd have to bring in one of those computer thingys. Where they gonna find room for that?