SEC Baseball Tourney Looking For A New Home

[FlaBoy]

https://www.seccountry.com/sec-news/sec-baseball-tournament-reportedly-looking-for-new-home


Why can't we make a play for this? Orlando is mentioned. We have a beautiful baseball stadium about the size that they want. Thoughts?

[ProjectMaximus]

Of course we should! I'd be very disappointed if we never even inquired. We've previously hosted the ACC tourney.
Sure, technically the baseball grounds isn't a triple-A stadium, and we aren't really central to the SEC footprint, but neither is Orlando. I think it would be a shame if Orlando or Memphis took this over Jax.

[coredumped]

This would be awesome if we got it. Jacksonville has a large baseball population, the ospreys are consistently good, as are the sun's and the dolphins.

[fsquid]

Memphis and JAX bid for it in 2011 when they decided to stay in Hoover.

[MusicMan]

Isn't this something the Chamber of Commerce should be all over?

[Rynjny]

Jacksonville Sports Council makes play for SEC men's baseball tourney

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/sports/jaxsports-council-makes-swing-for-sec-mens-baseball-tourney/52957376

[pierre]

This would be a cool event to have.

[finehoe]

First we need to hire a consultant to study the issue, and then after they make a recommendation in 2020, we can consider making a bid.