2006 IA Tournament will be in Dallas

by **John Paul** on Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:37 pm

Just got the announcement from US Lacrosse. The 2006 tournament will be May 9-13 in Dallas, Texas. Preliminary round games will be at the Russell Creek Athletic Complex. Semifinals and finals will be at Highlander Stadium at Highland Park HS.

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by **CATLAX MAN** on Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:47 pm

Nice to see that this has been settled. Being unfamiliar with the Dallas area, are these 2 sites near to each other?

by **bste_lax** on Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:04 pm

With the tollway, 20-25 minute drive.

Highlander Stadium is a nice place.

Russel Creek Athletic Complex is in North/Northwest Plano.

by **Brent Burns** on Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:29 pm

I agree with CATLAX that this is definitely good news to hear/read about as US Lacrosse has settled on the championship site. Do look forward to the upcoming announcements especially the layout of the playoff site (I mean pictures). Sonny will have no problems hooking up to high speed connections for his blogging because he would not have to worry about that if it were to be held in Juneau or Anchorage, Alaska. :wink:

Hey, just trying to generate discussions and create buzz of excitement among y'all guys.

Of course, first things first... your conference season is the most important...

by **laxfan25** on Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:54 pm

While I'm happy to see a decision, I'm disappointed that Blaine didn't have a chance to host at least one more time. Last year really was freakish, and now everyone's stereotype of MN weather will be reinforced.

One and done doesn't really seem fair, not having a chance to learn and build on what was done last year. It seems like most, if not all of the issues brought up could have been resolved the second time around.
Now Texas has a chance to show off. We'll see if they can improve on it!
Is the site something that will be rotated around now, a la the Super Bowl of lacrosse?

by **chefy** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:03 am

laxfan25 wrote:While I'm happy to see a decision, I'm disappointed that Blaine didn't have a chance to host at least one more time. Last year really was freakish, and now everyone's stereotype of MN weather will be reinforced.
Now Texas has a chance to show off. We'll see if they can improve on it!

I agree, and now everyone will complain about texas being to hot.

by **shrekjr** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:04 am

Concern for Texas may now be lack of preparation time...only 4 months away! They'll have to rely on all potential volunteers but I'm sure they will pull it off with flying colors.

by **Pinball** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:26 am

All I can say is that i am dissapointed that Blaine was not chosen but i do look forward to tearing apart how the weather sucks, nightlife is boring, and how the fields are really far apart and the grass is too long and the media coverage was subpar and it is really far away from collegeville, mn.

by **CyLaxKeeper00** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:19 am

what a slap in the face for the umll.

by **Sonny** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:43 am

JP,

Can we expect a formal annoucement (i.e. press release) from US Lacrosse in the near future about the tournament's move to Texas?

by **DanGenck** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:07 am

I agree. St. Louis got several years of so-so coverage of the event and Blaine does a pretty good job (save for the weather) and gets yanked after 1 year. This is like Tyronne Willingham getting fired from Notre Dame all over again! (ha ha, I cracked myself up with that one...)

Of course, I am sure Dallas will be nice. Sorry to the Johnnies who may need to buck up another $400 each for another trip. Maybe it's time to set up a home and home with the GRLC-B to save some costs?

by **Danny Hogan** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:35 am

i dont' think anyone was overly thrilled with the venue.

by **Jolly Roger** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:39 am

$400 will probably only get the Johnnies to DFW and possibly rent vans. Better plan on more $$$ unless they're camping out. :twisted:

Danny - people are resistant to change which I'm sure contributed to some of the negative impressions of last year's tourney. I agree - it wasn't the AB center in STL

by **Dulax31** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:54 am

[quote="Jolly Roger"]$400 will probably only get the Johnnies to DFW and possibly rent vans. Better plan on more $$$ unless they're camping out. :twisted:

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Actually he is about right on, a bus to Texas for 7 days would cost around $10,000.00, while hotels for 6 nights would be around $6,000.00. If the team has 40 guys going. thats $16,000 / 40 = $400.00 each.

by **mholtz** on Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:02 am

Yeah. It's a ton cheaper to bus than to fly. It's a 16 hour bus ride from here, but then you have a bus to get you around.

The sticker on flights isn't the flight, it's renting all those vans and finding people to drive them.