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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 865643" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>Come on man, there is a huge difference between 80K attending a Packer home game and a 3 day event that will attract a lot more people from all over the country. How many attending a Packer game fly in? How many need a hotel room, a car? I've been on the roads after a game, they are packed with people traveling back to Appleton, Oskosh, Madison, etc. Those people didn't fly in or require overnight accommodations. The draft is a 3 day event, that will likely attract people to stay for 3 days, not 3 groups, coming on different days. You threw EAA out there. A fair starting point, since Oshkosh is close by. However, that 600K that the EAA attracts is over 7 days and I have attended it, many only come for a day and leave. It is unlikely that you will see a lot of one day visitors for a draft.</p><p></p><p>You might not agree with the 600K number in Nashville, or the quarter million in Chicago but how many out of town people requiring transportation and lodging can the Green Bay and surrounding areas safely accommodate over a 3 day period? That is really the number that Murphy and the Packers have to present to the NFL, as well as the City of Green Bay and its surrounding communities. Please stop using figures from Packer games, they are not the same. </p><p></p><p>I'm not trying to bust your chops, because as I said, I am on the fence. I think GB would be an awesome host site, I just worry about how many people can safely and comfortably attend such an event there. If that number is far less than 250,000 (Chicago numbers), </p><p>how do you limit the size? Some just through natural barriers "Sorry sir all rooms are booked. Sorry sir all flights into Straubel and surrounding airports are booked. I am sorry sir, we have no rental cars available for that week". </p><p></p><p>So besides the natural barriers, how do you prevent too many people from showing up? You can't "sell tickets" to enter Green Bay or its surroundings. So people who really want to attend are just going to get there in whatever way they can. That could be very dangerous, as well as embarrassing for the Packer organization and the City of Green Bay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 865643, member: 7261"] Come on man, there is a huge difference between 80K attending a Packer home game and a 3 day event that will attract a lot more people from all over the country. How many attending a Packer game fly in? How many need a hotel room, a car? I've been on the roads after a game, they are packed with people traveling back to Appleton, Oskosh, Madison, etc. Those people didn't fly in or require overnight accommodations. The draft is a 3 day event, that will likely attract people to stay for 3 days, not 3 groups, coming on different days. You threw EAA out there. A fair starting point, since Oshkosh is close by. However, that 600K that the EAA attracts is over 7 days and I have attended it, many only come for a day and leave. It is unlikely that you will see a lot of one day visitors for a draft. You might not agree with the 600K number in Nashville, or the quarter million in Chicago but how many out of town people requiring transportation and lodging can the Green Bay and surrounding areas safely accommodate over a 3 day period? That is really the number that Murphy and the Packers have to present to the NFL, as well as the City of Green Bay and its surrounding communities. Please stop using figures from Packer games, they are not the same. I'm not trying to bust your chops, because as I said, I am on the fence. I think GB would be an awesome host site, I just worry about how many people can safely and comfortably attend such an event there. If that number is far less than 250,000 (Chicago numbers), how do you limit the size? Some just through natural barriers "Sorry sir all rooms are booked. Sorry sir all flights into Straubel and surrounding airports are booked. I am sorry sir, we have no rental cars available for that week". So besides the natural barriers, how do you prevent too many people from showing up? You can't "sell tickets" to enter Green Bay or its surroundings. So people who really want to attend are just going to get there in whatever way they can. That could be very dangerous, as well as embarrassing for the Packer organization and the City of Green Bay. [/QUOTE]
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