Richmond Sports

[wrldcoupe4]

The franchise moved to the Chicago area a few years ago.

[wrldcoupe4]

Interesting...

Is a possible arena football team returning to the Richmond area?

-- Scott

Robert Fleskes with the Richmond Coliseum answers:

I can confirm that we (SMG) are in contractual negotiations with a team and hope to make an announcement in 2009.

http://www.richmond.com/news-features/25782

[Cadeho]

Great! Another team that'll last one season and we'll forget kind of like... You Know... and What's Their Name...

[Shakman]

I hope the team's name is the Richmond Cadehos. That would definitely last for a season. (j/k)

[burt]

VCU's Eric Maynor led the RAMS against South Dakota at the Sigel Center last night.

Check out the coverage by Tim Pearrell and the slideshow in today's R-TD:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/co...-233018/118286/

Edited November 20, 2008 by burt

[Downtowner]

Found this on NBC 12.com about the shockoe bottom stadium. Meeting is underway as we speak.

http://www.nbc12.com/global/story.asp?s=9405232

[burt]

Found this on NBC 12.com about the shockoe bottom stadium. Meeting is underway as we speak.

http://www.nbc12.com/global/story.asp?s=9405232

Good find, Joey. I was wondering if anything was going forward on discussions about the new ballpark. Thanks for keeping us up-to-date.

[TBurban]

edit: posted in wrong section

Edited December 13, 2008 by TBurban

[burt]

The University of Richmond football team won big in Chattanooga against Montana last night.

If this is as decisive a win as publicity seems to indicate, maybe the University should reconsider the tiny stsdium they're planning to build on campus.

From today's RTD dot com:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/co...-010709/158755/

[Shakman]

The University of Richmond football team won big in Chattanooga against Montana last night.

If this is as decisive a win as publicity seems to indicate, maybe the University should reconsider the tiny stsdium they're planning to build on campus.

From today's RTD dot com:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/co...-010709/158755/

I agree about the stadium. It would be nice to build something that can be grand and hold thousands. Perhaps one day we can see events such as the Final Four and NFL Pre-Season games. San Antonio has the Alamo Dome, but only a portion of it is used for basketball so something large could be practical here. (Yes I know, San Antonio has about 1 million more residents than Richmond and a much larger tourism industry which equates to a lot of cha-jing.)

Edited December 20, 2008 by Shakman

[wrldcoupe4]

9,000 capacity isn't that tiny for a school Richmond's size. It's a Div. 1-AA football program at a school with only 2,700 undergrad students. I think they'd much prefer a sold out 9,000 seat stadium over a barely half-filled 22,000 seat stadium (City Stadium).

Nonetheless, congrats to the Spiders!

[burt]

VCU Rams bow to former coach Jeff Capel and his fourth-ranked Oklahoma team;

From today's RTD dot com:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/co...-005416/159255/

[burt]

The Washington/Baltimore area is making a play for The Olympics in 2020, I believe. This massive facility might include Richmond in the undertaking.

From today's RTD:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/loca...-212917/161263/

[Shakman]

The Washington/Baltimore area is making a play for The Olympics in 2020, I believe. This massive facility might include Richmond in the undertaking.

From today's RTD:

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/loca...-212917/161263/

Maybe we can also host some events in and around Belles Island and the James. Let us pray and hope this will all come through.

[jbjust]

I think I know where the whitewater events would be.

[Downtowner]

Wow that would be freaking awesome and if it does happen I can definitly see some of the water events here in the Richmond area if that happens.

[Shakman]

This may have been already posted, however below is the NBC12 link of the proposed Athletic Training Facility in Chesterfiled County (rendering included):

http://www.nbc12.com/global/story.asp?s=9579010

[Henry]

I think I know where the whitewater events would be.

That would be cool, but usually the river is pretty low in the summer.

[Cadeho]

That would be cool, but usually the river is pretty low in the summer.

...especially these days where it seems like we go 3 days without rain and we're in a drought. I really don't see it necessary to water lawns. To me, that's a lot of wasted water. But I don't think the water level would be too low.

[Downtowner]

Here's some info that was just released yesterday on the future of baseball in Richmond from

ballparkdigest.com

http://ballparkdigest.com/news/index.html?article_id=825

[burt]

Here's some info that was just released yesterday on the future of baseball in Richmond from

ballparkdigest.com

http://ballparkdigest.com/news/index.html?article_id=825

Did you notice in the story that the Atlantic League may play "some" games at The Diamond this summer?

And Ballparkdigest seems to hold out some hope for a transfer to Richmond of the AAA Charlotte Knights.

On another subject, how are you doing after surgery, Joey? Do you still notice improvement?

[Downtowner]

Doing fantastic burt I got the packing taken out of my ear today and I am can hear a whole lot better then before when they put the packing in my ear after surgery. I have to go back on the 30th of January to see if I can get fully cleared and finally do anything I want. I can drive and go places now but I have to have a cotton ball in my ear. I found out they replaced one of my ear bones from surgery and put in place a piece of titanium metal as part of my ear bone. But I am doing much better now. Glad you asked. But my thoughts on this is that it will be great to see the independent league play games at the diamond this year. Too bad I wont get to see top draft picks like Tanner Scheppers and Aaron Crow who failed to sign contracts in the 2008 MLB Draft play in the Independent league since they are part of the American Association Independent League and we will probably see the Atlantic league of the Independent league. But I saw they are making us think that our new team is the connecticut defenders and if they are there is no way I am gonna be part of a San Francisco Giants franchise if they are still affiliated with them then. I hate everything about the Giants cough cough Barry Bonds. At this point I am still an Atlanta Braves fan mostly because its just too hard to root for another team who has been part of my whole life up till now and I just cant switch teams and be a fair weather fan.

Edited January 9, 2009 by Downtowner

[burt]

Wow! Your ear surgery was more complicated than you had told us. The titanium implant was pretty major. Really glad it's over for you, but I know how much you enjoyed that "deep" sleep during the operation. I've experienced it, too.

What do you think about the Charlotte Knight possibility?

[Downtowner]

While I would love to see the Knights move to richmond I am not very confident about them moving from somewhere like charlotte just because from hearing them mentioned from time to time it doest seem like they are putting a whole lot of thought into bringing the Knights to Richmond. I just want to hear a more upbeat report on where we stand on getting the charlotte knights.

Edited January 10, 2009 by Downtowner

[jbjust]

It is ridiculous how far out of town the Knights stadium is. I can see how they would be drawn to the possibility of a downtown ballpark in a city where they can be top fiddle -- not the only minor league team in a major league (sports) city.