Jacksonville misses out on 2016/17 playoffs

[JayBird]

Unfortunately, missed out on one of the main points I was advocating for bigger scoreboards.

http://tracking.si.com/2013/12/16/glendale-tampa-national-championship-game-sites/

Glendale, Ariz. and Tampa Bay were awarded the 2016 and 2017 National Championship games, reports Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com.


The 2016 is slated for Jan. 11 and will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, which is also the site of Super Bowl XLIX.

Glendale beat out Jacksonville (EverBank Field), New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium) for the 2016 game.

Tampa's Raymond James Stadium will host the Jan. 9, 2017, beating out the Bay Area (Levis Stadium, Jacksonville (EverBank Field, Minneapolis (Vikings Stadium), San Antonio (Alamodome and South Florida (Sun Life Stadium).

Next season begins the College Football playoff with the first championship game of the playoff era being played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, January 12, 2015.

[Tacachale]

That sucks.

[duvaldude08]

Unfortunately, missed out on one of the main points I was advocating for bigger scoreboards.

http://tracking.si.com/2013/12/16/glendale-tampa-national-championship-game-sites/

Glendale, Ariz. and Tampa Bay were awarded the 2016 and 2017 National Championship games, reports Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com.


The 2016 is slated for Jan. 11 and will be played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, which is also the site of Super Bowl XLIX.

Glendale beat out Jacksonville (EverBank Field), New Orleans (Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Tampa Bay (Raymond James Stadium) for the 2016 game.

Tampa's Raymond James Stadium will host the Jan. 9, 2017, beating out the Bay Area (Levis Stadium, Jacksonville (EverBank Field, Minneapolis (Vikings Stadium), San Antonio (Alamodome and South Florida (Sun Life Stadium).

Next season begins the College Football playoff with the first championship game of the playoff era being played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, January 12, 2015.

Well we will just shoot for another year. No biggie.

[pierre]

I don't know that it is a given that we will ever host the game.

[fsujax]

When I attended the FSU/Alabama game a fews year back at Everbank Field, it was an amazing experience. Largest crowd ever in the stadium. I don't see any reason why Jax couldn't handle a playoff game.

[JayBird]

Sad but true, agree with Copperfiend:

Maybe I am overstating things. But I think this is a huge blow to the city. The ability to host these games were part of what was sold with the stadium upgrades. Jacksonville was the only city to bid on both and got a goose egg. With new stadiums in Atlanta and San Fran on the horizon, it's only going to get tougher. These games are going to be mini-Super Bowls.

[KenFSU]

We'll be fine. If anyone thought we were going to approve conceptual upgrades to the stadium and be awarded the second biggest college football game on the planet three weeks later, they were dreaming. Get those renovations done, put together a bang-up bid, and keep at it. We've got the right weather, we'll soon have a perfect facility, and it will be an easy trip across I-10 for the Noles. It's only a matter of time. Goofy to throw in the towel though after the very first effort.

[I-10east]

^^^+100

[tufsu1]

We can shoot for another year, but these things will move around the country.  Since Tampa will host in 2017 (a really bad choice imo) Jax is probably off the board until 2020

[Keith-N-Jax]

Just curious why do you think Tampa was a bad choice?

[edjax]

^^ a pretty small stadium and why reward a city that will not support MLB, NFL, ACC Championship game and the Outback Bowl has not been much recently. 

[goldy21]

Tampa is a great event city.  They've hosted 4 Super Bowls and the RNC.  The weather, geography, hotels, restaurants, event facilities, and local attractions make it a phenomenal place to host corporate junkets, which is what these games are all about. 

The size of the stadium is a non-issue because Raymond James Stadium expands to 75,000 seats. 

Downtown Jacksonville has one major events hotel and it's 15-20 years overdue for a renovation (Hyatt).

[mtraininjax]

If you build it......they will come....

[Jaxson]

Does Tampa have a reputation for being a more festive place for visitors than Jacksonville?  I took the train (Shameless Amtrak plug) to Tampa for a convention in 2008.  I was impressed by Ybor City during my visit...

[FSBA]

Does Tampa have a reputation for being a more festive place for visitors than Jacksonville?  I took the train (Shameless Amtrak plug) to Tampa for a convention in 2008.  I was impressed by Ybor City during my visit...

Among the cities that have the resources to host a game of this magnitude, Jacksonville is probably dead last in public perception.