OT…possible permanent neutral site AFC and NFC Championship Games

[BearNorth]

33 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I have wondered why the nfl doesn’t build a neural site stadium that is just the NFLs. Build it in a city that doesn’t already have a team so you can give that area something.

San Antonio and San Diego are the two largest cities without an NFL team.  San Antonio has hosted both Men's and Women's final four.  Alamodome may not have enough skyboxes etc.

Edited January 7, 2023 by BearNorth

[Figster]

5 minutes ago, stevestojan said:

This is actually a really solid idea. I saw Simon mentioned Canton but I could see a stadium in somewhere like (and I have no idea if those places have college stadiums so if one is already there, my apologies): Austin, Memphis, St Louis, San Diego, or OKC. Bring in revenue for concerts and whatnot and have a place when ***** hits the fan. I think each of those cities could support this. 

Having the game played in a stadium that provides equal opportunity for both fan bases involved from a travel standpoint would be important IMO.

Edited January 7, 2023 by Figster

[Warcodered]

Would Owners really vote to give up a home playoff game without these incredible circumstances?

[Figster]

2 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Would Owners really vote to give up a home playoff game without these incredible circumstances?

Good question, probably not unless $$$ reimbursement occurs.

[mikemac2001]

This is dumb you play the entire season to earn this and what is better then the fans at their home stadium I hate this 100% 

[HugeHeffner11]

14 minutes ago, Figster said:

I understand the skepticism. On the other hand having the Championship games decided without weather being a factor has its good points.

 

In a controlled environment Josh Allen and the Bills O is at its best IMO.

They should at least not have playoff games in cold weather or snow.  Don't schedule post season games in cold weather cities. 

[Wizard]

No...The AFC and NFC Championship game should be played by the team with the best record in the respective conference  that is still in the playoffs.

 

As has been said, there is no perfect solution as a result of the necessary cancellation of the Bills/Bengals game.

 

When the Bills beat the Patriots, they are the #2 seed.

 

If the Bengals have the best record

in their division, they should get unquestionably a home game and no coin flip in any scenario.

 

Unfortunately, the Bills and Bengals receive the shorter stick in this playoff neutral site/count flip debacle. The Chiefs and Ravens get an added benefit.

 

 

[Bad Things]

How does this benefit the fan?

[Figster]

4 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

This is dumb you play the entire season to earn this and what is better then the fans at their home stadium I hate this 100% 

Season ticket holders and fans that buy tickets on a regular basis deserve the most consideration when an idea like this comes around. 

[Marvin]

This is atrocious.  Teams will start resting players earlier.  And the best teams deserve the advantage.

[CSBill]

51 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I have wondered why the nfl doesn’t build a neural site stadium that is just the NFLs. Build it in a city that doesn’t already have a team so you can give that area something. You can host games incase of weather emergencies, or if a team was misplaced, you can have neutral site championship games, super bowls, combine, the draft etc. Obviously you can use the venue for other things year round but I feel like the NFL would just have a stadium that doesn’t belong to a team. The 17th game gives every team a different number of home and away games, you could use it to play the 17th game for everyone so it’s even. There are endless possibilities but I feel like it’d make sense for the league to have their own venue 

 

Interesting idea. Got me to thinking, where? I'm trying to think of bigger cities . . .

• San Diego
• St Louis
• San Antonio
• Austin
• Louisville
• Orlando
• Columbus
• Hartford
• Birmingham
• ?

I think Austin ticks all the right boxes.

[Freddie's Dead]

No. The regular season has to mean something.  

[papazoid]

anything that increases revenue will happen.....

 

adding an 18th regular season game and dropping a preseason game

 

adding an 8th playoff team for each conference adds 2 more playoff games

 

going to neutral site conference championship games would increase ticket prices

 

building new stadiums

 

streaming

 

gambling

 

more international games

[Mango]

1 hour ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

They where discussing on Sirius XM and I see profootballtalk picked it up. Seeing this year how successful neutral site semi finals are having in college. The league is watching closely how successful a neutral site AFC championship game would be.
  Would it be so far off for them to have a.Super Bowl Junior and have neutral site AFC and NFC championship games in the future? I could see it… shortens the off season…moves the draft to probably middle of May…etc…keeping football on peoples  minds pretty much the whole year. 

I hate it. I don’t like that the SB isn’t played at home either.

 

But if they do to that route I hope they drop the bye entirely. 

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, frostbitmic said:

What's the point of playing for the #1 seed if you can't host the championship game ?

 

Why not just "preseason" the majority of your starters in December once you clinch in November ?

The bye week as teams have been better over the years at playing on the road.  You see it in the Vegas point spreads as it went from the home team getting 3 points to its now 1.5.

 

However, I think playing in front of your fans in your stadium to get to the Super Bowl shouldn’t be taken away.  The second half of the Raiders AFC Championship game in ‘91 is my favorite memory of all the games I’ve gone too.

[mikemac2001]

9 minutes ago, CSBill said:

 

Interesting idea. Got me to thinking, where? I'm trying to think of bigger cities . . .

• San Diego
• St Louis
• San Antonio
• Austin
• Louisville
• Orlando
• Columbus
• Hartford
• Birmingham
• ?

I think Austin ticks all the right boxes.

Ya I like that idea and austin would be cool since UT Texas plays here so maybe they could work with them giving them so they could get more value from it. Allow big college games and then those 17th games for nfl But then again it sounds like a headache trying to get NFL and NCAA to work together 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

 

There already is one, Canton, home of the Hall Of Fame.  They'd have to expand seating, but it gets used every year in pre-season. 

You’d need about 3x the seating for that to be it. And I’d figure a roof

[Just Jack]

2 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

You’d need about 3x the seating for that to be it. And I’d figure a roof

 

Yes, I did mention that. 

 

"They'd have to expand seating,"

[RG Murdock]

Not happening. Another pointless topic. Posters here need something else to do with their time. Many folks here on the game day threads, have the Bills losing the game, and requesting Frazier being fired  when they fall behind 3-0.   I can see another topic opened up soon... "All games at neutral sites?". 

[LabattBlue]

I would love if they made the conference championships at neutral sites every year.  Would be great to attend where the fanbase is split 50/50…and get out of the coldest month of winter in WNY for a long weekend.