Mayor Nancy Vaughan had a few comments on the news of the day at the Tuesday, Sept. 20 City Council meeting that lasted over seven hours.
Vaughan promised she would be quick with her comments and then launched into spiel about athletic events in Greensboro.
Vaughan said, “Couple things today, a little mixed bag. We did finally, after 14 months, hear from the ACC that they will be relocating to Charlotte. Of course, we will miss having their headquarters here, but we look forward to continuing offering the high-quality tournament play we always do.”
Vaughan said she was asked what having the ACC headquarters leave town would do to the future of athletics in Greensboro, and she said, “We are known as tournament town, fans first and we put on great tournaments. So, I was just thinking about some of the things we have done in the last couple of years, and by all means this list is not all inclusive.
“But we have hosted USA gymnastics, USA Figure Skating, USA Swimming Short Course Junior National Championships, Wyndham Golf, US Synchronized Swimming, which was an Olympic event, US masters swimming, AAU junior Olympics – just a few weeks ago 18,000 athletes and their families, USA Table Tennis, Powerade State Games for North Carolina, USA Diving, numerous events at the Bryan Soccer Complex and I can’t mention them all. Division II Championships for track and field, Division III national championships and Division III men’s golf. We held the world Irish Dancing Championships, Mayor Pro Tem, you would remember that. We just hosted the Phillips 66 International Team Trials, which broke a world record at the Aquatic Center.
“Those are just a few of the things that this city does and does really well. We have got a great sports foundation. We have a great CVB and we have a great Coliseum and we have wonderful city staff. We are strong when it comes to athletics and what we are when it comes to tournament play, and we look forward to hosting the ACC Men’s basketball tournament and women’s basketball tournament and the first two rounds of the NCAA. We are the only city that in one year has done that trifecta and we’ve done it twice. I’ll guarantee you that this will be the best ACC Tournament ever. And that’s going to be hard to say because we have always done the best ACC Tournament.”
Vaughan then talked about being a finalist along with Seoul, South Korea, for the World University Games and the success of the Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in its first year of operation.
After a few more comments, Vaughan said, “Oh and I think I had one more thing,” and at that point she shuffled through some papers and then said, “Let me see. Oh, tomorrow I’m going to the White House.”
What happened to Gun Shows that brought in large crowds and money? Tell us Madame Mayor, please.
Absolutely. There used to be two NASCAR/sports memorabilia/comics & toy shows per year too. Those haven’t happened for a couple of years as well.
I wonder what other trade shows are no longer occurring at the Coliseum and why.
It’s been replaced by a bully dog show on Oct. 8th This show is about American bulldogs and pit bulls. Nothing but a forum for people who breed dogs for dogfighting. Can’t for the life of me understand how you can say a gun show which by the way is legal is worse for the city to allow in the coliseum than a forum for breeding dogs for dog fighting which is illegal. Please Nancy enlighten us to the reasoning of this lunacy. I think it’s pretty clear cut it’s a black and White issue
To celebrate passing the Inflation Reduction Act?
Laughable. Oh, and Santa and the Easter Bunny come once a year too. 4 more years of total BS and lackluster ideas and meaningful leadership.
It has become a disgusting cesspool. A libtard utopia.
Football ruined the ACC Basketball tournament for Greensboro with that last expansion but you can stay focused no blaming all your problems on liberals (which I am not one). You really are a one-trick pony.
Chris oh Chris basketball expanded first Not football you can look at Notre Dame and see which joined the ACC first. You are really a funny little man. You and your 25 dollar Mickey D hamburger explanation. You really keep us all in stitches
Basketball tournaments actually increased frequency in Greensboro after the basketball expansion. The football shuffle is what reduced tournaments in Greensboro. But you be you. Glad my opinions have stuck in your head.
Rumor is now that yet another football shuffle will potentially break up the ACC if ESPN gets their way. Just a rumor at this point.
Oh my goodness isn’t that special. Lose another headquarters and the queen is off to DC to spend time with ole slo joe and skippy. My my what a bunch of blissful ignorant liberal dumbocrats.
Lol….she and the rest of council choked on the big one re the ACC leaving for Charlotte.
Nancy stop explaining why we lost 50 jobs. Who cares we have thousands event at the coliseum every year. No one cares but some critics from the tiny towns next door. Who want something to down Greensboro for. Cause if we are being honest if our neighbors were running their towns as good as us they would have grown to 300k and would be bringing industry but their not there waiting on the next Greensboro project to bid or to work maybe they should worry about their small towns.
I am dazed and confused. Did she say the ACC basketball tournament next year would be in Greensboro, or not?
Or a quarter-final venue?
Mandate Mayor declares we are still Tournament town. What a crock. Hopefully she will get an invite for a Biden appointment for being so in step with the lack of fiscal prudence in charge currently. A few diving championships are not gonna move any needle and every county in NC has soccer fields. So sad .
How much did Nancy get for this deal. I’m sure she’s going to dc to collect payment for taking 2000 under 18 illegals, relocating them to gbo. Another deal done without greensboro taxpayers knowing about it until its done. They still begged us for money for schools. We almost got rid of nancy but, unfortunately, almost doesn’t count. I did my part.
We have enough murals and sidewalks. Wth will she and the council wreck next.
Why did we re-elect this hack
Because she got the faithful out to give her a majority of some 15,000 voters who bothered to show up. So whose fault is that?
Glad the fools that have ruined the ACC are leaving town. Good riddance. Long live Tobacco Road basketball.
Right! Do you remember Everette Case?
That is going back before my time. I miss the days of NCState being a playing in the league.
Greensboro is too small time for the ACC now. And who knows what the ACC is going to look like in another 3-4 years. Carolina and Clemson may be in the Big 10 or SEC. It also won’t surprise me if the ACC Tournament in Greensboro doesn’t become a token site every 7-10 years for nostalgia sake.
I’ve been here most of my life. Greensboro has always been bush league.
Baseball was very popular in the 40s & 50s. I think Greensboro was Red Sox minor league franchise. The Sox would come into town in early Spring for a couple exhibition games with other major league teams. We saw Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, etc. But if the local team was not a close contender, hardly any one would go to season home games, much less away.
The Money Pit on High Point Rd that Hoffman thinks is the greatest asset to GSO and the coming to you soon Money Pit (Tanger Center) downtown will be a burden on the tax payers for years to come. Per Hoffman the HP Rd Money pit brings in millions to the local economy each year, if that is the case then let these business that donate heavily to the council races pay for the shortfall.