Did Wyndham pull sponsorship of the N.O. Bowl?

Baby Arm! · November 30, 2005

www.neworleansbowl.org

Check out the New Orleans Bowl web site. Wyndham's name is nowhere to be found. Did they pull there sponsorship of the bowl? Check out the hotels under the visitor section. No Wyndham properties.... maybe they decided to pull sponsorship until the game returns to New Orleans?

Edited November 30, 2005 by Baby Arm!

mrsgreengoblin · November 30, 2005

I'll let you know if I can. Stay tuned....

BleedGreen64 · November 30, 2005

I do not know the status of Wyndam and the NOB, but I do know the chain was in trouble and selling off lots of properties until a few months ago when it was bought out by new owners. The new owners just bought LaQuinta. Time will tell the direction this "new" chain will go.

mrsgreengoblin · November 30, 2005

Actually the company that bought Wyndham was Blackstone. Blackstone turned around and sold the entire brand and brand name to Cendant just about a month and a half ago. The only thing Blackstone kept were the owned properties which was just a small portion of the entire portfolio.

Cendant now owns Wyndham. Blackstone is who just purchased LaQuinta. And for the record Wyndham wasn't ever and isn't in any trouble. Blackstone just made an offer way too good to refuse.

Confusing isn't it?

Edited November 30, 2005 by mrsgreengoblin

PerryG2480 · November 30, 2005

Can I just reiterate how awesome that stAte logo is compared to their newer one?

meangreendork · November 30, 2005

Can I just reiterate how awesome that stAte logo is compared to their newer one?
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The stAte logo is unique. I'd vote for that bad-boy. Best of luck in the bowl!

UNTLifer · November 30, 2005

So, back to the original intention of this thread, did Wyndham pull their sponsorship?

greenjoe · November 30, 2005

So the new name is the "La Quinta New Orleans Bowl ?"

(La Quinta, as you know, means next to the Denny's)

Eagle1855 · November 30, 2005

(La Quinta, as you know, means next to the Denny's)
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Arkstfan · November 30, 2005

So the new name is the "La Quinta New Orleans Bowl ?"
(La Quinta, as you know, means next to the Denny's)
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Dennys in North Little Rock closed. Oddly enough a few weeks later the La Quinta (NEXT DOOR) became a Baymont and the old Baymont across the highway became a La Quinta. No Dennys but the new La Quinta (old Baymont) is between Waffle House and IHOP.

Cerebus · November 30, 2005

No Dennys but the new La Quinta (old Baymont) is between Waffle House and IHOP.
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It is my fervent and unshakable belief that the reason this year tanked was because John Denver refused to eat at Waffle House the day after the MTSU road win. YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MESS WITH TRADITION! I hope you can live with yourself.

Also, it may have had something to do with the helmet change. Bring back "The Script".

November 30, 2005

It is my fervent and unshakable belief that the reason this year tanked was because John Denver refused to eat at Waffle House the day after the MTSU road win. YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MESS WITH TRADITION! I hope you can live with yourself.
Also, it may have had something to do with the helmet change. Bring back "The Script".

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I do remember you saying, "Ok, we can buck tradition becase we don't have the script on the helmet. We will lose this year anyhow."

You can't blame it all on me.

Covered or smoothed? I say niether. I hate the house that waffles built.

CorinthEagle · November 30, 2005

[Also, it may have had something to do with the helmet change. Bring back "The Script".

I didn't want to be the first one to mention it but I think you are on to something.

Cerebus · November 30, 2005

I do remember you saying, "Ok, we can buck tradition becase we don't have the script on the helmet. We will lose this year anyhow."
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Outright lies.

Covered or smoothed? I say niether. I hate the house that waffles built.
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Heretic.

greenjoe · November 30, 2005

the Waffle House New Orleans Bowl

mrsgreengoblin · December 1, 2005

Just FYI. Wyndham will not be sponsoring the bowl when it returns to New Orleans. Seems the New Orleans properties themselves were the ones budgeting the sponsorship and of course now cannot afford it since they really aren't pulling in a lot of money.

ntsumgspe · December 1, 2005

Also, it may have had something to do with the helmet change. Bring back "The Script".

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My thoughts exactly, as mentioned in a previous post ...

UNT trying to figure out what went wrong in '05
We changed the font on our helmets.

hope24 · December 1, 2005

I thought sponsorship changed every year anyway?

Eagle1855 · December 1, 2005

I thought sponsorship changed every year anyway?
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not usually, most bowl games maintain the same title sponser, ie, Capital One Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta, EV1.net Houston Bowl, Nokia Sugar, etc...

ipEAGLE · December 1, 2005

EV1.net Houston Bowl
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You know there are way too many bowl games when you have a website sponsoring one of them. Cut the bowl games in half. Almost half of the 117 teams get to play in one every year under the current system.

gksmith · December 1, 2005

That's true that almost half of D1A plays in a bowl.

I think last year there was a thought that the number of bowl games would be reduced. Unfortunately, the New Orleans Bowl would probably be one of the first to get cut.

God forbid a bowl game with two BCS teams get cut. Not necessarily the top bowl games the top 6 teams in the nation go to but another bowlwhere they take #5 or 6 from 2 BCS conferences.

VideoEagle · December 1, 2005

There has been a very, very slow creep up in the number of bowls. Some go away and others pop up. Still there's only 2 or 3 more now than in the 70s.

Besides, if the fans of a team with a winning record are willing to go to the game, what is the harm in having smaller bowls?

And the New Orleans Bowl actually has better financial backing than some others, so it would not be the first to go!

KingDL1 · December 2, 2005

There has been a very, very slow creep up in the number of bowls. Some go away and others pop up. Still there's only 2 or 3 more now than in the 70s.
Besides, if the fans of a team with a winning record are willing to go to the game, what is the harm in having smaller bowls?
And the New Orleans Bowl actually has better financial backing than some others, so it would not be the first to go!
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While I am no big fan of our conference or the meaning of the New Orleans Bowl.

I think it is one of the best locations to have a bowl game, and there is nothing more I love than spending a few days in the Big Easy with a whole bunch of friends, alumni, students and family all coming together as Crazy Screaming MEAN GREEN fans! Some of the best times ever.

VideoEagle · December 2, 2005

... and there is nothing more I love than spending a few days in the Big Easy with a whole bunch of friends, alumni, students and family all coming together as Crazy Screaming MEAN GREEN fans! Some of the best times ever.
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I think that is what most bowl games are about. It is a reward for everyone for having a good season. That is why non-BCS bowls survive - people enjoy them! That should be a good thing!

Edited December 2, 2005 by VideoEagle

KingDL1 · December 2, 2005

I think that is what most bowl games are about. It is a reward for everyone for having a good season. That is why non-BCS bowls survive - people enjoy them! That should be a good thing!
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I believe you are right.

Long live the Bowls.