MVC Tournament

[tornado]

MVC Tournament is staying in St. Louis for 2016, 2017, 2018 and options for 2019, and 2020. St. Louis does a great job hosting the tournament and I love making the trip down every year, great choice by the commissioner and everyone involved.

good - just what I was hoping for and logical since all the other options offer too many negatives

[Da Coach]

MVC Tournament is staying in St. Louis for 2016, 2017, 2018 and options for 2019, and 2020. St. Louis does a great job hosting the tournament and I love making the trip down every year, great choice by the commissioner and everyone involved.

Great news! I have attended every tournament since the move to St. Louis in 1991.

[Tulsa Brave]

Want a laugh....?
that shot clock malfunctions won't happen in KC (he flashes way back to 2006 for this silly argument which btw - didn't even involve a game in the MVC Tournament!!!),

Apparently you forgot the debacle 4 short months ago that especially affected the Sunday semifinal between SIU and Indiana State? Several delays that day due to the shot clock...


Personally I would have welcomed KC...enjoy that city more than STL and of course it is closer for me.

[Da Coach]

This article suggests that the Kansas City offer was far inferior to the St. Louis offer for the MVC Tournament, especially comments by Kyle Moats, the Athletic Director of Missouri State. MSU is reportedly one of the couple schools that favored the move to Kansas City. Springfield is closer to Kansas City-

http://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/2014/07/09/valley-basketball-remaining-st-louis/12419347/

???I was disappointed in Kansas City??™s proposal,??? Moats said. ???A lot of people, myself included, were very open to going to Kansas City. But their bid simply was not on par with St. Louis.???
The MVC president??™s council voted unanimously to keep the tourney in St. Louis.

Elgin said the league sent Request for Proposals to five cities ??” St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Indianapolis and Las Vegas...Kansas City and Chicago joined St. Louis in submitting bids. Kansas City??™s bid involved the Sprint Center, with Chicago??™s proposal that the tourney be played at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates,

???But when you looked at the totality of the bids, St. Louis was the clear winner. From a financial standpoint, the central location and the momentum of the downtown area, there??™s an awful lot of positive energy here.???


Las Vegas and Indianapolis never bothered to send in bids.
Plus, the Chicago bid only included an offer to play the games at the much smaller, suburban arena, the Sears Centre, in Hoffman Estates. Many Bradley fans have been there, and it is nowhere near as nice an arena as the Savvis Center. It's capacity is just 11,000, compared to the capacity of the Savvis Center, which is well over 20,000 for basketball. There have been many sessions in St. Louis over the years with attendance figures well in excess of the 11,000 capacity of the Sears Centre.
Also, there are very few hotels and virtually no attactions in close proximity to the Sears Center, plus it is 40 miles from downtown Chicago attractions that would interest MVC fans. It sounds like the Chicago bid never had a chance.