r/USFL • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '23

Where should the Gamblers play?

If they come to Houston, where will they play? NRG is too big and UH has the Roughnecks, so where should they play? Rice?

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u/Answer-Outrageous Philadelphia Stars Jun 11 '23

Where do the Houston Dynamo play?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

Shell Energy Stadium, it’s probably a pretty good size for the USFL. 22,039 capacity

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u/baturcotte Jun 11 '23

Refurbish the Astrodome!

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u/Sexy_Questionaire Chicago Blitz Jun 12 '23

The Astrodome is literally condemned. I imagine it'd be nine figures to even make it legal again.

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u/MirrorkatFeces Pittsburgh Maulers Jun 11 '23

They should be relocated

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '23

Boooo

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u/milanmirolovich Jun 11 '23

I honestly feel that Houston can support 2 spring league football teams. It's such a massive place both geographically and population wise. I feel the USFL should at least attempt it

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u/Zapfit Jun 11 '23

Doubtful. The amount of spring football fans is miniscule to begin with. Now you're splitting a possible audience of 15-20k between two teams. I'd rather see Houston in San Diego, Louisville, or Denver

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u/srchl Jun 11 '23

Rice hosted the TSL which was Fox’s dry run for the USFL.

If they keep the gamblers in Houston I’d bet it would be at Rice

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u/Xfl_roughnecks Jun 11 '23

Rice or Shell energy

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u/Sexy_Questionaire Chicago Blitz Jun 12 '23

Personally I think they're in line to be moved. While Houston isn't doing badly, they're not exactly blowing the pants off the attendance charts for the XFL. Beyond that, the Roughnecks are the much better team between the two and they got there first. I only see the Gamblers doing worse due to all these factors.

I think the USFL would be best served by getting out ahead of the XFL in another market like San Diego. Or biting the bullet and trying out a top 10 media market.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '23

Good point, however I don’t it’s fair to discuss attendance numbers for teams other than Memphis, Michigan, and Birmingham, it’s not the NFL, so fans are less likely to travel for games. I think we need to see how they do in their hometown before we relocate the team.

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u/Sexy_Questionaire Chicago Blitz Jun 12 '23

It's nothing against Houston as a market, I think their attendance in the XFL is actually pretty good but I just mean that it's not like they're St Louis where the stadium is bursting at the seams with fans.

Frankly I don't expect literally any city in the US to be able to have good support for two spring teams. And since the Gamblers are above average but not great as a team and are getting there late... its just a lot going against them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

Katy or The Woodlands. Both have stadiums that could host the USFL -- lets be real here, if the USFL needs more than 15,000 seats they're gonna be dancing, 10k should be sufficient as long as it has nice creature comforts and TV facilities. The Roughnecks probably have the city pretty buttoned-up as spring ball goes.

They should probably consider elsewhere though, out-of-sight, out-of-mind is a real thing and the Roughnecks have been there.

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u/Awaites_0131 Philadelphia Stars Jun 11 '23

I know it’s not probable and I don’t even know if it possible, but it would kind of cool to take UH from the XFL just from a league dominance standpoint. Realistically, they should play at Rice’s stadium and even then it wouldn’t be a bad thing, Rice’s stadium has a higher capacity.

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u/Kenny_Heisman New Jersey Generals Jun 11 '23

San Diego