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"Do you know what is considered the #1 tourist site in the state of North Carolina? Is it the Outer Banks? Historic Wilmington? Grandfather Mountain? RTP? Nope. Concord Mills Shopping Mall. "

Where did you hear this crap and what is it based on? Volume of people or something? The people I've met from other states that actually have been to NC usually talked about the Outer Banks. I can't imagine anyone coming here for Concord Mills.

4/16/2009 11:45:42 AM

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"Charlotte needs to get over their whole "we're a happening, big city" mentality and stop trying to be something they're not"

Well, they are the 20th largest (population) in the country. That's kinda big.

Atlanta is 34th, and they had the olympics there!

[Edited on April 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM. Reason : to reitereate]

4/16/2009 11:47:17 AM

People love hating on Charlotte

More people than Seattle, Boston, etc, but we're just some podunk old hick town

4/16/2009 11:49:31 AM

I'm actually ok with it being seen as a pudunk hick town. It needs every bit of help it can get to keep the dumb yankees away.

4/16/2009 11:51:37 AM

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"Well, they are the 20th largest (population) in the country."

Two words

Metro

Population

Look it up

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"I was just posting 'statistics' from a website. Find some yourself to justify most of the cities blowing charlotte off the map."

I'm not just making shit up or something. The metro population of Charlotte is far lower than that of many of the cities you listed. I'm sure there's a Wikipedia article or something if you'd like to investigate.

[Edited on April 16, 2009 at 11:57 AM. Reason : ]

4/16/2009 11:56:22 AM

so?

[Edited on April 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM. Reason : ]

4/16/2009 11:58:46 AM

So, metro population means a lot more in this conversation than city population.

4/16/2009 11:59:50 AM

^,^^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Boston

vs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrolina

4/16/2009 12:02:30 PM

The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC metropolitan statistical area is ranked 35th with a population of 1,651,568.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

4/16/2009 12:05:32 PM

Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_metropolitan_areas

Boom

4/16/2009 12:06:07 PM

And what will that metro population be in 5-10 years?

Just look at the sheer number of residential midrises and highrises that have been built or are being built currently to see that the metro population is going to catch up fast.

4/16/2009 12:18:45 PM

Still, no stadium, no attractions, no transportation

Just a big mall and one railway

4/16/2009 12:20:28 PM

I don't feel like looking up density statistics but I do know Houston and Jacksonville are the two biggest cities in the US so I doubt they are very dense and they both just hosted super bowls.

4/18/2009 12:29:45 PM

Largest by square mileage... Jacksonville is not as dense, but Houston is the 4th largest city in the US population wise...

Wiki has density stats:

Houston - 3,828/sq mi
Jacksonville - 1,061.6/sq mi
Charlotte - 2,515.7/sq mi

[Edited on April 18, 2009 at 12:40 PM. Reason : x]

4/18/2009 12:39:19 PM

sorry if it's already been mentioned, but I thought that this had come up a few years ago (at league meetings? maybe it was just McCrory talking) and the NFL said we didn't have enough hotel capacity to even be considered for a superbowl bid.

BUT people interpreted that as an excuse for the fact that we can have bad weather in Feb and the BOA stadium is open air. They won't ever be hosting a Superbowl in a venue where bad weather is a possibility.

4/18/2009 2:38:37 PM

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"I'm actually ok with it being seen as a pudunk hick town. It needs every bit of help it can get to keep the dumb yankees away. "

4/19/2009 2:50:45 PM

What about a Super Bowl in Columbia, SC? Williams Brice is big enough.

4/20/2009 1:30:25 PM

i thought the only reason some of these crappy cities (detroit, houston, jacksonville, indy in 2012, etc) hosted super bowls was as a 'reward' of sorts for building new stadiums

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"Higher population than - Miami, New Orleans, Pasadena, Pontiac, Tampa, Stanford, Minneapolis, Tempe, and Glendale"

and as already mentioned, metro area population comes into play with most of these (miami=ft lauderdale/dade/broward, pasadena=LA, tempe/glendale=phoenix, etc) -- i'd say more than density (though the two are linked somewhat)

but really, i agree with the miami/new orleans/san diego rotation (though the NFL said it's not coming back to SD unless they build a new stadium) -- the super bowl's such a big event, it really should be in a 'destination' type city

aside from the big game itself, would you really want to come to charlotte in february (or any time, really)? i just don't see the draw

4/20/2009 2:15:00 PM

i think it's funny that this thread has been taken so seriously

4/20/2009 2:16:49 PM

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"BUT people interpreted that as an excuse for the fact that we can have bad weather in Feb and the BOA stadium is open air. They won't ever be hosting a Superbowl in a venue where bad weather is a possibility."

Yes, Dallas is a larger city and has warmer weather than Charlotte, but they only got the Super Bowl now due to their new retractable roof stadium.

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"I can't imagine anyone coming here for Concord Mills."

You're forgetting about the NASCAR 'necks.

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM. Reason : ]

4/20/2009 2:38:10 PM