St. Louis Eliminated from Final Four: 2012-2016
Categories: College
The NCAA announced this morning the cities that will host the Final Four from 2012 to 2016, and St. Louis isn't one of them.
From the press release:
The committee received bid proposals from 10 cities – Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, North Texas, Phoenix/Glendale, San Antonio and St. Louis, all of which were named finalists.
March 30, 2005 RFT insert.
We posted our own guide to that year's tourney.
Although it has been more than three years since that March 30, 2005 publication, the words of Mayor Francis Slay in an "open letter" may still ring true:
"...this March Madness brouhaha might not come around again while I'm Mayor."
While no official reason was given by the NCAA as to why our city was "stiff-armed" in the words of one sportswriter, could be it be that the Edward Jones Dome has a rep for being one of the worst arenas around?
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