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[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion v Man United - August 2019 - in Miami?
- Thread starter Wozza
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Because football has such a good track record of not squeezing every penny it can out of fans! (In fairness the £30 limit for away tickets is actually quite a reasonable measure).
studio150
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Knowing our luck, we will be playing in Denver in January with an orange ball on a snow covered pitch in a cool minus 7
Southern Scouse
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- Jul 21, 2011
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Slippery slope....
AZ Gull
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Pah. I'd have to bring a sweater to keep the chill off.
The Spanish
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Preferring Detroit to Miami is like preferring Coventry to Brighton
Miami Seagull
Grandad
This. Absolutely!
Don't think it will be too long before we see pre season friendlies out here..
Raleigh Chopper
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Quite right, South Beach is one of the coolest places on the planet.
Treat yourself to a night at Tides one of the best hotels in the world.
Jim Van Winkle
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What pub/bar is everyone drinking in before the game?
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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Well only if the game is played is Aspen.
The Spanish
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I’ve been both so I speak from experience.
And what did you think of Coventry?
portslade seagull
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Can our more elderly supporters use their bus passes in Miami and more importantly can they take a flask. Important questions indeed !!!
Hampster Gull
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Let’s do it
Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Portland, Oregon then please.
Seasider78
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The top sides (real and Barca)in Spain earn about £130m a year from TV with man united topping the Premier league with £150m so not a huge gulf. It’s further down the divisions the gulf is noticeable with only the bottom 3 clubs in England earning less than 100m which is about what athletico took from the Spanish TV deal.
That is why at the very top Spain’s team more than compete but as a product La Liga suffers as the competitive nature of the Premier league makes it very attractive to the overseas market
Yes, absolutely. My point was more about the league as a business. West Ham are as rich as the third biggest team in the league (Athletico), and that would imply financially, that a sub-standard Premier League product, sells better than a top quality La Liga one. One of the Premier League's biggest TV plus points is the American audience. Almost double the amount of people watch each game in the Premier League than their own league (MLS). Apart from El Classico, there is no real international market for La Liga (look at the UK broadcasters pulling out when push came to shove), and the league feel they need to do something drastic to grow a market.
They see going to the US for a game, will grow interest (like NFL in the UK) and then grow the broader market.
HOWEVER, it has been put together so poorly, with such minimal consultation (if any), that I highly doubt this will happen but it does pave way for someone to do it more legitimately in the future.
Not Andy Naylor
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Detroit is interesting, there's no doubt. The Henry Ford museum is one of the world's best, and Hitsville USA is a must for music lovers, if only to be amazed to see how such a small suburban semi produced so much. Plus you can go south to Canada through the tunnel to Windsor, Ontario. I've lived in Miami, so I'd be happy to revisit a few old haunts, and there's a lot more to it than the casual tourist usually gets to see. Of course, if you like clubbing and lazing around on sand, there's South Beach, which also has an astonishing wealth of Art Deco architecture. And it's hot - so we'd definitely want an evening kick-off. But there's also the Everglades, Little Havana, Opa-Locka, Coconut Grove and plenty else.. .