Correct me if I am wrong but from a financial standpoint..............

[Hanmudog]

Wouldn't a bowl and a city benefit more from inviting a team that is not within the same state as the bowl itself? For example, if the Music City invites UT would Nashville have as many hotel rooms booked, restaraunts packed, and people shopping as if thousands of MSU fans flooded the city for 2-3 days? Same goes for the Gator Bowl with Florida.
I just wouldn't think hypothetically that a city like Jackson would benefit as much from having MSU in a bowl there as they would having a school like UGA visiting the city. Most State fans would just drive to the game and go home afterwards.

 

[8dog]

but the Music City Bowl invited Vandy a few years back.

 

[MSUCE99]

What in the hell does the bowl care how many people stay in the city's hotels and eat in the restaurants? They just want the tickets sold, and a full stadium on TV. A $100 ticket from a local fan brings in the same revenue to the bowl organizers as a $100 ticket from an out-of-town fan. Besides, picking teams closer to the bowl increase the chances that the stadium is filled and all of the tickets are sold.

The city, on the other hand, I would think would prefer out-of-town teams as you pointed out, to fill hotels and restaurants. But I don't believe the cities are the ones who get to pick the teams.

 

[Todd4State]

but if UT went to the Music City Bowl, not all UT fans live in Nashville, and the UT fans will want to eat regardless, so it really won't affect the restaurants.

And whoever they play probably won't be from Tennessee, so they'll have to travel and all of that.

I remember when we played Texas in the Cotton Bowl and how excited their fans were, and I think the Cotton Bowl people loved that.

The other side of the coin is if a bowl were to invite a school such as say, Boston College to the Music City Bowl. That's a long way for them to travel, and expensive, meaning that a lot of their fans may not be inclined to go.

 

[state5]

i agree. i live up here with the tennessee people and there are tennessee fans from one end of the state to the other. the bowl is gonna get it's revenue regardless because of ticket sales. add in the fact that it's in nashville around new years and you are gonna bring the city revenue for that simple fact. had you rather be in bum17 egypt tennesse for new years or be in nashville to go out on the town plus enjoying a football game?

 

[boomboommsu]

The respective committee's may or may not substantially represent the city's interests as well as the bowl's. I'm too lazy to look them all up. But the bowl also wants to keep the city happy, as they get alot of free services (police, traffic control, etc.) that make or break the profitability of the game.