Sunday, January 18, 2015

Boston Olympics-specifically Soccer

 Just thinking out loud. Who will the Olympics benefit f it comes to Boston. Certainly not me, I will not make any money from this month long host....

Certainty not the commuters that travel to Boston. They have to travel in that nightmare commute every working day , both North and south Shore.

Ant the expense----FU...Fish says it will be both Private and public $. Screw you....only the private sector will benefit from this shit storm. Let them pay for it.


Since I love tournaments i was thinking does New England have enough Stadiums to support a New England Olympic tournament.

Brazil is only using 5 venues so why not New England

1. Gillette Stadium   Foxborough      68,000
2. Harvard Stadium  Cambridge        54,000
3. Alumni Stadium    Brighton          44,500
4. Yale Bowl New Haven CT           61,000
5. Rentschler Field   Hartford            40,642

 Starting in 2016 the Mens Soccer tournament will increase to 28 nations. Brazil which will host this expanded tournament will only have 5 venues. These venues are large in size, all over 50,000. (one is 48,234)
Brazil olympics -soccer

2012 London Olympics there were 6 huge stadiums


2024 Boston Olympics potential venue if the wanter to spread the wealth on the east cost

1   Gillette Stadium   Massachusetts         68,756
2   Rentschler Field   Hartford   CT          40,642
4   Met Life Stadium NY                          82,566
5  Rutgers Stadium   NJ                            52,000
6.  Lincoln Financial Field  Philly            70,000
7.  FED Ex Field Washington                   79,000
8   M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore, MD   74,320

Met F=Life Stadium holds 82, 566 fans and is one of the newest stadiums in America. 


Sunday, January 4, 2015

2015 World Junior Ice Hockey

Playoff round

Well my USA team was knocked out of the Junior Championship by Russia for the second year in a row.

    I wish they were still in contention which would have made todays games that much more interesting. My yanks won 2 of the last 5 tournaments (2010 and 2013). This year playing in our northern neighbors back yard, expectations were high. We has a legitimate star in BU's Eichiel but the team suffered to many penalties against Russia.

  The surprise team is Slovakia who I will be rooting for against the mighty Canadians. Slovakia has only medaled once in 1999. They earned a bronze in Canada that year.


  Germany was surprisingly bounced from the top group and we will have Belarus taking their sport next year in Finland.


 Quarterfinal          
 1A  Canada8 
 4B  Denmark0 Semifinal
   1A  Canada- 
 Quarterfinal 3A  Slovakia- 
 2B  Czech Republic0
 3A  Slovakia3    Final
        TBD-
 Quarterfinal       TBD-
 1B  Sweden6   
 4A  Finland3 Semifinal Bronze medal game
   1B  Sweden-  TBD-
 Quarterfinal 3B  Russia-   TBD-
 2A  United States2
 3B  Russia3 

Thursday, January 1, 2015

World Juniors should host in Boston

The IIHL World Junior Championship should look at Boston to host the tournament.


TD Garden Boston holds 17,565 for hockey


The TD Boston Garden could host the USA group while Agannis Arena could host the other group. If we are looking for another Rink look no further than Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence that hold 11,075 for hockey.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/DunkinDonutsCenter1.jpg/413px-DunkinDonutsCenter1.jpg
Dunkin Donuts Center Providence RI 






This is a great hockey area for such a tournament




Agganis_Arena
Agganis Arena located in Boston holds 6,150



Year
 Gold


Host city (cities)
Host country


 Russia (4/13)


 Sweden (2)




 Finland (3)



YearHost city (cities)Host country
2016Helsinki Finland
2017Montreal/Toronto[14] Canada[15]
2018 United States[16]
2019 Canada[15]
2020 Czech Republic [17]
2021 Canada[15]
I am hoping the destination for 2018 will be in Boston and I think the attendance will not be that far behind Canada. Canada should not host so many tournaments that gives them such a big advantage