Big East Interested in Playing Football Conference Championship Game at Yankee Stadium

Commissioner John Marinatto stated today that he'd like to have the football championship for the Big East played at Yankee Stadium. Apparently, the Yankee organization is also interested in such a plan. I think it is a bad idea for the same reason that a neutral site ACC title game is a bad idea: poor attendance. What do you think?

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IF there is ever a Big East championship game

Play it at the home field of the higher seed (as the smart guys in the PAC-12 are doing.

West Virginia fans hate everybody. They remember every snub and joke and bit of snark. And they never forgive, and they never, ever forget. In other words, they're a lot like West Virginians in general.

by Kid Tenderloin on Oct 18, 2025 5:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Unless the zombie Big East ends up far less spread out than it seems it will be

Or than it would have been, then that’s the only reasonable option.

The ACC is actually okay in Charlotte for now, though I think it ought to move to Baltimore once SU & Pitt join (DC would be better, but FedEx is huge and would never sell out unless Virginia Tech was in the game). Baltimore, DC, and Charlotte are the NFL stadiums within driving range of most ACC fans. Atlanta hits a lot, but is already being used by the SEC even if it wasn’t much too far for the northeastern contingent. Jax and Tampa never made any sense.

by drothgery on Oct 18, 2025 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Good ACC ideer

Either Fedex (near DC) or M&T (Baltimore) would be great for the ACC championship once Syracuse & Pitt are in the conference.

Another potential advantage for Baltimore is the airport. BWI is a hub for Southwest Airlines and has cheap nonstop flights up and down the east coast. If folks don’t want to drive, they have a cheap flying option. DC’s major airports (Reagan and Dulles) aren’t very far away either for the longer-distance folks.

I could even see Southwest running “ACC Championship specials” between Baltimore and the championship team’s cities.

Assumption is the mother of all @#%-ups.

by mdak06 on Oct 19, 2025 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

You mean play it in Boise every year?

…I dunno; the smurf turf?

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by 2mn8tr on Oct 18, 2025 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

lolz.

I am fully on the Boise wagon, but c’mon.

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by TheMattROb on Oct 18, 2025 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, that's a non-solution there lol

Currently holds 34,000 and is isolated from vast majority of conference. Since Yankee Stadium is in such a huge metropolitan area, what do you guys think the chances are that it sells out regardless?

I think ticket pricing would be the biggest factor and those prices can be set based upon the expected interest. I know BSU already has a contingent of fans in the NYC area so the potential for national foolowings are in play as well.

I Wall of Text like it's the in thing to do
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by pjohn56 on Oct 19, 2025 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions

From what I recall from Brian Bennett's stint as Big East blogger for ESPN

part of the hesitancy for putting a bowl game in NYC for the past (two?) decades was that it could be cost-prohibitive, and in a city with a decided pro bent.

With the Pinstripe Bowl already a destination for a Big East team, is it smart to also play the final game of the regular season there as well? The team that comes in second place could end up playing back in Yankee Stadium two weeks later.

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by TheMattROb on Oct 19, 2025 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

No. It's not smart at all

In fact it’s quite stupid. Which all but guarantees it’s at the top of Marinatto’s to-do list.

Brandon

by Abpriddy on Oct 19, 2025 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

The New Yankee Stadium...

would be kind of cool to play a BE championship game. It seems like people like the whole college football in a baseball stadium thing. I say try it for a few years and see how it works. Can’t be worse than the ACC championship game in Tampa when VT played BC. Boy did those fans travel well ;-)

by Vinnie Giordano on Oct 18, 2025 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

Would have been good had the Beast still been Norheastern still./

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by HorsePig55 on Oct 18, 2025 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

College football and Yankee Stadium

go like peanut better and pineapple…..the same could be said for the Northeast in general. Playing a Big East conference championship anywhere besides the higher seed’s home will produce headlines about the lack of interest. The Northeast is college b-ball, baseball, football and every other sport w/ the exception of college football.

Chris Russo, ESPN, Mike Lupica…….NONE of them talk college football. On Monday morning, ESPN radio programming is ALL NFL (and that’s not a bad thing)

Here’s what the Big East Championship would look like….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008ACCCGMostly_empty_stands.JPG

I totally understand that it’s a baseball stadium and likely only holds 35-45 K but that will be even worse showing empty seats in a small stadium.

by WVUColumbus on Oct 18, 2025 5:58 PM EDT reply actions

That's because there's no one to talk about currently.

A couple years ago, when Rutgers was making splashes, the talk was starting to pick up. Decades ago, when Jim Brown and Ernie Davis were running the ball down everyone’s throat for the Orange, there was a ton of hype in the northeast.

People get excited over success and that’s what the NE needs in order to see a resurggence of support.

I Wall of Text like it's the in thing to do
"...and just things really starting to unravel now for Utah..." Herbie, BSU vs. Utah, 22 Dec 2025

by pjohn56 on Oct 19, 2025 8:39 AM EDT up reply actions

There's no reason to not hold it on campus

Yankee Stadium is too far from everyone but Rutgers and UConn to ensure a packed house every year.

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by steelinnj on Oct 18, 2025 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

Isn't there anywhere in Providence we can play it?

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by 2mn8tr on Oct 18, 2025 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Marinatto's house.

But he will insist on scheduling it three years late each season. And only if there is a consensus among Seton Hall, Providence, Georgetown, and St. Johns.

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by TheMattROb on Oct 18, 2025 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe we can rotate it

…between the Carrier Dome and Heinz Field?

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by 2mn8tr on Oct 18, 2025 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

hahahahah

It would certainly be sad for Pittsburgh to see WVU and Boise sell out Heinz Field, the day after Pitt draws in a nice 8,000 for a game against Wake Forest.

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by TheMattROb on Oct 19, 2025 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

The New York City area and Houston are probably good candidates

The former could work, but not in Yankee stadium. A better option would be the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ, with a more pro-football audience than the Bronx.

by Green Bull on Oct 18, 2025 7:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I think it'd well attended

If UConn or Rutgers made the game and was playing Boise St. Something like USF vs. Houston? Not so much…

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by jpb531 on Oct 18, 2025 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

Priorities

Clearly the Big East has them in order.

by Elasticman on Oct 18, 2025 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

I like a title game

I suggested it in my blog post months ago. But holdng it in NYC is the height of stupidity. That idea is a wonderful window into why the conference is failing. This group of NYC-centric bball heads cannot wrap their heads around the fact that NYC might not be the center of the universe for every aspect of life. It makes for a great bball tournament, but THIS IS NOT BASKETBALL!! Every word Marinatto uttered was a further indictment of his absentee leadership that’s doomed the conference to irrelevance at best and destruction at worst.

Brandon

by Abpriddy on Oct 18, 2025 11:55 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs