Gulf Coast Classic Snags New Director

Alabama Mobile A retired airline executive is trying to save the Gulf Coast Classic football game an annual matchup between Alabama State University and Southern University.
by Associated Press
Published: Sat, September 26, 2009 - 12:28 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, September 26, 2009 - 1:10 pm CST
MOBILE, Alabama - A retired airline executive is trying to
save the Gulf Coast Classic football game, an annual matchup
between Alabama State University and Southern University.
Amelia Bacon, who worked for U.S. Airways for 34 years, has been
appointed the new executive director of the Classic. She went to
Southern and has family members who went to both schools.
The game has been played as an Alabama State home game in Mobile
for 34 years, but last year organizers tried to make it a true
classic with the same two teams playing every year. They asked the
city of Mobile last year to increase its contribution from $40,000
to $450,000. But the Mobile City Council gave only $275,000.
Organizers were unable to meet their financial obligations to
the schools and city officials were disappointed by low turnout.
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southfan1981
southfan1981 Says:
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:12 am

Contributing to this does not make good financial sense. The senior bowl brings in more revenue from ads, ticket sales (excluding the seats lost to the new club areas), hotel bookings, etc.

Put the pencil to paper and figure it out guys. It’s not rocket science!

sheltiedad
sheltiedad Says:
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:03 am

Why is the city pushing this lame game so hard?  $275.000 of tax money supporting this?

I don’t think so. 

I can hardly wait to miss the next game.

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