Chaos Posted May 22, 2025 Posted May 22, 2025 Vegas for the second straight year is certainly a choice. Not a fan of that one. 1
odessasteps Posted May 22, 2025 Posted May 22, 2025 3 hours ago, hammerva said: I am sure Indianapolis is a great place but going from New Orleans to Indiana feels like getting tickets to a Detroit Lions game and seeing the Michigan Panthers on the field The Panthers won a championship. The Lions have never even been in the Superb Owl.
odessasteps Posted May 22, 2025 Posted May 22, 2025 4 minutes ago, Chaos said: Vegas for the second straight year is certainly a choice. Not a fan of that one. KSA says hold my non alcoholic beverage. 3 1
hammerva Posted May 22, 2025 Posted May 22, 2025 (edited) The only good thing about running Vegas again is that the disaster of dynamic pricing for WM should be better. People learned their lesson for the most part Actually if you to take advantage of that stupid dynamic pricing, I would thinking running in New Orleans is better. Edited May 22, 2025 by hammerva 2
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 Wonder if they'll use the same set/staging/banners like they did in Atlantic City. 1
The Natural Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 Don't like Las Vegas hosting WrestleMania two years running. Don't like a middle of the month April WrestleMania two years running. WrestleMania should either be the end of March or start of April. 1
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 9 hours ago, supremebve said: Wait, have you been banned from Indiana? If so, how do I sign up? If only. Not allowed to travel outside the state for reasons I've talked about elsewhere, until November 2026. 1
Gorman Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 WrestleMania 41-42: What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas 3
FourPostMassacre Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 Wrestlemania 42: The search for more money. 4
The Natural Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 If WrestleMania 42 is in the same location, it'll be the first back to back since WrestleMania IV-V at Mango Mussolini Plaza. 5
bobholly138 Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 19 hours ago, supremebve said: New Orleans is a top 5 American city, Indianapolis isn't in my top 100. Indiana as a whole is no better than a top 40 state. Lol Top 5 in what,annoying tourists drunk stumbling around. Shitty roads? I mean fuck I love NOLA,was where we went when we skipped school back in the day. Just since 2006 it is over loaded with tourists. My last 2 trips down there avoided the Quarter totally.
Technico Support Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Natural said: If WrestleMania 42 is in the same location, it'll be the first back to back since WrestleMania IV-V at Mango Mussolini Plaza. True to form, 4 & 5 weren't even at his casino, it was just a con and branding. They were held at the Atlantic City Convention Center. I saw both of these on closed circuit as a kid and just assumed they were held on the casino floor, and they'd just moved all the gaming tables and slots for the event. You're dumb and gullible at 13 & 14. Watching Mania 4 on closed circuit at the college I would later attend is pretty funny. I remember running laps in the gymnasium thinking, "I saw Demolition beat Strikeforce for the belts here!" Edited May 23, 2025 by Technico Support 3
supremebve Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 40 minutes ago, bobholly138 said: Lol Top 5 in what,annoying tourists drunk stumbling around. Shitty roads? I mean fuck I love NOLA,was where we went when we skipped school back in the day. Just since 2006 it is over loaded with tourists. My last 2 trips down there avoided the Quarter totally. Top 5 in cities that don't feel like they were built by our corporate overlords. New Orleans is one of the few American cities that you can't mistake for 25 other cities. New Orleans feels like New Orleans from the moment you get there until the moment you leave. If you were on a reality show where you got on a plane went to sleep and woke up in a different city and had to guess where you were. New Orleans would be the easiest city to guess. Everything from the sights, the smell, the sound, the taste, and feel of the city are unique to New Orleans, and it's awesome. 9
SirSmUgly Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 New Orleans is the best food city in this country. And there are a lot of great food cities in this country. 2
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 5 hours ago, Technico Support said: True to form, 4 & 5 weren't even at his casino, it was just a con and branding. They were held at the Atlantic City Convention Center. I saw both of these on closed circuit as a kid and just assumed they were held on the casino floor, and they'd just moved all the gaming tables and slots for the event. You're dumb and gullible at 13 & 14. Watching Mania 4 on closed circuit at the college I would later attend is pretty funny. I remember running laps in the gymnasium thinking, "I saw Demolition beat Strikeforce for the belts here!" So yeah, the actual venue is what was before and is now still called (Jim Whelan) Boardwalk Hall. It just doubled as the convention center for Atlantic City, which is kinda weird but whatever. Current unified welterweight champ Jaron "Boots" Ennis just fought there last month so it's still around. In four years, it would be 100 years old. I think it would probably be the 2nd oldest venue still actively hosting live events because there have been like at least 3 or 4 different iterations of Madison Square Garden. I think the oldest would be a stone's throw away in the Asbury Park Convention Hall, which is itself a century old. Both have hosted major wrestling events. The rest of the stuff Trump put his name on has all been since torn down. Matter of fact, I am pretty sure after that last Mania a couple years later, Trump was in dire financial straits. That pretty much meant that Atlantic City was in trouble too. That was when Atlantic City cause of those financial difficulties started to cede some of the major boxing events to Las Vegas. I think the last super huge megaevent in that era for Atlantic City was Holyfield vs. Foreman, which itself had a crazy story behind it. Trump was basically at risk of losing that fight and had that happened, it would have sunk him further (wouldn't want to see that happen, would we?). That fight was a license to print money even though it seemed farcical on paper at that point that Holyfield was fighting George Foreman. Here is a reporter's fact sheet from the official program he posted from when he covered the fight in 1991: Spoiler Two things here: 1. It warms my heart to see Archie Moore's name when he (a) fought long enough that the beginning of his career was in the Great Depression and the end of his career coincided with the last year/months of JFK's time in office and life and (b) was born in the tee tiny county right next to the county where I was born in Mississippi. 2. Paying $100 for the nosebleeds in 1991 is insane. The next best seats being priced at $200 in 1991 is even more insane. Just stay at home and watch on TV. 4
stuntmanc Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 2 hours ago, The Natural said: If WrestleMania 42 is in the same location, it'll be the first back to back since WrestleMania IV-V at Mango Mussolini Plaza. Do you mean the Velveeta Voldemort? lol. I heard that the other day and have been cracking up at it ever since. 2
Technico Support Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 8 minutes ago, stuntmanc said: Do you mean the Velveeta Voldemort? lol. I heard that the other day and have been cracking up at it ever since. Reminds me of the latest two terms I've heard for the Cybertruck, "IncEl Camino" and "Deplorean." 28 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: So yeah, the actual venue is what was before and is now still called (Jim Whelan) Boardwalk Hall. It just doubled as the convention center for Atlantic City, which is kinda weird but whatever. Current unified welterweight champ Jaron "Boots" Ennis just fought there last month so it's still around. In four years, it would be 100 years old. I think it would probably be the 2nd oldest venue still actively hosting live events because there have been like at least 3 or 4 different iterations of Madison Square Garden. I think the oldest would be a stone's throw away in the Asbury Park Convention Hall, which is itself a century old. Both have hosted major wrestling events. AEW did Dynamite there twice, as well. The first time, they used the standard layout so it was really obvious it was the Mania 4 & 5 building. The last time (3 weeks ago, maybe?), they used a different layout and it was unrecognizable.
The Green Meanie Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 1 hour ago, SirSmUgly said: New Orleans is the best food city in this country. I disagree. It's not even in the top 5.
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 46 minutes ago, Technico Support said: Reminds me of the latest two terms I've heard for the Cybertruck, "IncEl Camino" and "Deplorean." AEW did Dynamite there twice, as well. The first time, they used the standard layout so it was really obvious it was the Mania 4 & 5 building. The last time (3 weeks ago, maybe?), they used a different layout and it was unrecognizable. It's a pretty big venue because the capacity went from around or just under 20k to essentially half of that. Plus, it has a fixed staged area. What's funny is Atlantic City has the Hard Rock, which has it's own arena named after Trump's late friend/business partner Mark G. Etess. Compared to the ancient stuff on the boardwalk, it looks brand new even though it's been around since the early 90s. Matter of fact, it was an added part of the old Trump Taj Mahal so it would be the OTHER venue still technically around. I know WWE did a house show post COVID there. I dunno why AEW chose the more spacious Boardwalk Hall over that. I guess just to say they ran a legendary building? This also tells you about how different the economies are around the country cause you would have thought some of these arenas would have been demolished decades ago. For example, the city of Memphis just will not demolish the Mid South Coliseum and it hasn't been used in almost twenty years. The Pyramid was only built in 1991 and lasted for about 15 years before it stopped being used in favor of the FedExForum where the Grizzlies play. 1
supremebve Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 13 minutes ago, The Green Meanie said: I disagree. It's not even in the top 5. You should be very happy that I can't post links, because there is a disparaging gif with your name on it. Once again though, New Orleans is the best food city because it's the most unique food city in the country. Almost all of the other great food cities are great food cities because of what they do with a variety of foods from other places. New Orleans is a great food city by doing nothing else but being New Orleans. 1
The Green Meanie Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 (edited) 18 minutes ago, supremebve said: Almost all of the other great food cities are great food cities because of what they do with a variety of foods from other places. New Orleans is a great food city by doing nothing else but being New Orleans. I'm from Houston. And, I'd say the exact same thing for Houston. Edited May 23, 2025 by The Green Meanie
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 Shit...you guys read my mind. As someone who was born and raised in the south, unfairly, all of my picks for best food cities would be the South with New Orleans and Houston towards the tippity top. That said, most folks' choices are going to be based on their food palate. Now that people are moving to different sections of country, it's essentially meaningless now. I live in Northwest Arkansas where the Walton family along with Tyson and other huge companies have set up shop. We have foods from almost literally every part of the country now. Shit, we've been getting an influx of Nashville food stuff just here recently. It's only going to grow in the next 5-10 plus years. 1
twiztor Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 of the bigger cities i've been to (which isn't a huge number but assumedly higher than your average joe), NYC had the best selection, and NOLA had the best quality. Houston is not among my visits, so they are unrated.
supremebve Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 Just now, The Green Meanie said: I'm from Houston. And, I'd say the exact same thing for Houston. No, Houston is great, but you're going to have to tell me what is a uniquely Houston food. There is great barbecue all around the country. There is great Mexican all around the country. There is good Cajun/Creole food, which is because Houston and New Orleans are basically cousins. You can go to either city and eat your heart out, but Houston is too big with too many people from too many places to have the focus on their own shit like New Orleans does. My top food cities in the country New Orleans New York, for the exact opposite reason than New Orleans. If you want the best version of food from some place you'll never actually go New York has it. The best meal I had one year was a bacon omakase where they made like 14 courses of deliciousness with "bacon (included pork belly and other cured meats that were bacon-ish)." Dallas, sorry but it may be because of my time in Dallas involved a rental car and my time in Houston did not, but I choose Dallas over Houston by a slim margin. I liked the barbecue better in Dallas, and had perhaps the best burger of my life at some random bar. Los Angeles, it's kind of like New York, but the Mexican and Korean options are just plain better in L.A. I feel like New York also gets extra points because you can walk to some place great from wherever you are in the city. In L.A. you might have to drive for an hour to get someplace good. Chicago, it is the best combination of fine dining and greasy midwestern delights. Honorable Mention: Cleveland. Seriously, it's like a mini-Chicago but their "fine dining" is just some random dude with a beard trying shit with some shit they found at some farm 10 minutes outside of the city. It's like they all wake up in the morning go to the farmer's market and decide to make a corn dog with some corn that was picked 8 minutes before it went into the fryer. Just the weirdest possible dudes making the best version of food you haven't even thought about eating after you graduated from high-school. 3
The Green Meanie Posted May 23, 2025 Posted May 23, 2025 3 minutes ago, supremebve said: No, Houston is great, but you're going to have to tell me what is a uniquely Houston food. So, for clarification, do you mean foods that are unique to and/or invented in Houston? Or Houston-versions of dishes? I can do the later, for sure. For example, a Houston-style hot dog is the best kind around. Trying to think of the first option is a bit harder.
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