Reports circulated that the Gulf Coast Classic was nearing a three-year, $1.5 million title sponsorship, badly needed good news for an event that survived a bruising fight over Mobile city money.
Tag: Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Local News
Bluff or Bye-Bye? A Tampa Rumor Puts Mobile’s Senior Bowl on the Bargaining Table
A Tampa newspaper report that the Senior Bowl might leave Mobile set off a firestorm. With the Ladd-Peebles lease expired and city funding denied twice, the timing looked less like an exit than leverage.
Local News
Gulf Coast Classic Organizers Aim for Iron Bowl Status as Council President Demands the Paperwork
Organizers of the Gulf Coast Classic predicted the game would one day rival the Iron Bowl. Council President Reggie Copeland wanted bank statements, canceled checks and an honest attendance count.
Local News
A $17,223 Printing Bill Draws Scrutiny in the Gulf Coast Classic Audit
An audit of the Gulf Coast Classic listed $17,223 in printing costs, far more than the Senior Bowl or BayFest spent. Organizers said the figure covered far more than tickets.
Local News
Gulf Coast Classic Organizers Postpone Promised Briefing on Game’s Finances
A promised press conference on the Gulf Coast Classic’s $188,000 deficit was called off, with organizers citing sensitive negotiations. The city put $275,000 into last fall’s game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
Local News
Line by Line, Copeland Picked Apart the Gulf Coast Classic’s $188,000 Deficit
The council president questioned the promotion budget, the ticket printing, the mayor’s luncheon and a step show with no revenue, and disputed the attendance count for a football game the city helped pay for.
Mobile
Senior Bowl Week Brought Phil Savage Back to Sunrise Rotary’s Podium
The Mobile native and recently departed general manager of the Cleveland Browns made his traditional Senior Bowl week appearance before the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile in January 2009.
Baldwin County
Mobile Legislators Opened Their Homes for a Montgomery Congressional Hopeful as the Primary Neared
Four Mobile-area state legislators hosted a reception for a Montgomery Republican running in the 2nd Congressional District, while the Romney campaign eyed a Senior Bowl weekend stop ahead of an early coastal primary.
Local News
Cotton, Shipyards and Brookley: One Mobilian’s Blunt Accounting of the City’s Fortunes
Mark Berson placed Mobile’s golden age between 1830 and 1860, traced its long decline through the loss of Brookley Field, and argued in 2005 that the city was poised to grow again.