For Future Reference
Yesterday, the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee announced the eight cities chosen as finalists to host a future Women's Final Four for 2012 to 2016.
The city of Houston was not one of the eight finalists; but, Dallas, TX, and San Antonio, TX, were named as finalists.
Personally, I did believe the chances three cities from the same state would be chosen as finalists were slim; but, being a proud Houstonian, I was hoping H-town would make the final eight.
However, since Houston wasn't named a finalist, I tried to learn what Houston could do to improve the chances of being named a finalist for a future (the earliest would be 2017 -- wow, that's far away!) Women's Final Four.
Here's a bit of information I received from an NCAA representative:
Each committee member looked at the proposals and evaluated them based on relevant criteria, weighing each element’s importance to them and what is critical in a Women’s Final Four site.
Some of those criteria were:
Arena (quality and size).
Proximity of venue.
Hotel community.
Airport – ease of travel in and out.
Convention Center.
Successful hosting experience.
Proximity to downtown.
There you have it, Houston. Keep these criteria in mind in case you choose to bid for the Women's Final Four again.
The city of Houston was not one of the eight finalists; but, Dallas, TX, and San Antonio, TX, were named as finalists.
Personally, I did believe the chances three cities from the same state would be chosen as finalists were slim; but, being a proud Houstonian, I was hoping H-town would make the final eight.
However, since Houston wasn't named a finalist, I tried to learn what Houston could do to improve the chances of being named a finalist for a future (the earliest would be 2017 -- wow, that's far away!) Women's Final Four.
Here's a bit of information I received from an NCAA representative:
Each committee member looked at the proposals and evaluated them based on relevant criteria, weighing each element’s importance to them and what is critical in a Women’s Final Four site.
Some of those criteria were:
Arena (quality and size).
Proximity of venue.
Hotel community.
Airport – ease of travel in and out.
Convention Center.
Successful hosting experience.
Proximity to downtown.
There you have it, Houston. Keep these criteria in mind in case you choose to bid for the Women's Final Four again.
posted by Kris G @ 11:17 PM
2 Comments:
At Tue Aug 19, 06:28:00 AM CDT,
Anonymous said…
Houston seems to have those things.
Wonder what really made the difference?
Then again, Houston is probably letting the WNBA slip from their hands, so why would the NCAA even be interested.
What arena did Houston offer for the Final Four, Kris? If it is TC, what did greedy Les want out of it?
I remember a few years back, you mentioned TC wanted an astronomical amount compared to the norm for the tournament, showing they weren't really interested.
Coopsback
At Tue Aug 19, 07:54:00 PM CDT,
Kris Gardner said…
I also believe Houston offers some of the points I was told by the rep. Toyota Center was bidding to host the Final Four; and, the major sponsor of the building - Toyota - conflicts with a major sponsor of the NCAA -- GMC.
Apparently, that sponsorship conflict couldn't be resolved.
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