MAUI INVITATIONAL TICKETS

[Coleman]

I'm thinking (hoping) there's far greater than a decent chance of it coming stateside. Only question is if they go the "Easy route", say Vegas, or does something a bit more unconventional come up?

How bout the Al?

[Jay Bee]

How bout the Al?

There are no food options on campus, so this is a no go.

[withoutbias]

There are no food options on campus, so this is a no go.

Not to mention, downtown Milwaukee is WAY more dangerous than trying to play on the ashes of Lahaina.

[Pepe Sylvia]

Selfishly I nominate San Antonio.

[Jay Bee]

I'm ok with just about anywhere, as long as it's in a larger arena. Feels like half the fans will travel well; and I'd like to not spend $3k+ per game tickets

[Skatastrophy]

Maybe an aircraft carrier tournament

[NCMUFan]

Had heard that in past when not able to be in Maui, it was in Las Vegas and North Carolina.  Well, you can guess my bias.

[muwarrior69]

Not to mention, downtown Milwaukee is WAY more dangerous than trying to play on the ashes of Lahaina.

Wow! Marquette should move out of Milwaukee to Lahaina and be part of the towns rebuilding effort and host the Maui Invitational every year. I'm sure all the Beast teams would not mind flying to Maui every year either and what a boon for recruiting.

[Coleman]

Not to mention, downtown Milwaukee is WAY more dangerous than trying to play on the ashes of Lahaina.

How about the campus of Cardinal Stritch? Isn't MU moving there?

[MuggsyB]

This could be a serious uh-oh situation for Hawaiian Electric.  The early reports on their potential culpability are not good. 

[79Warrior]

This could be a serious uh-oh situation for Hawaiian Electric.  The early reports on their potential culpability are not good.

They were in a tough spot. Apparently the water pumps in Lahaina need power to run. At least that is what was said in a presser by the utility yesterday.

[The Lens]

We've been watching Hawaii News Now* via their app on AppleTV and there is some major damage control going on.  Maui Emergency services is trying to say the sirens are for Tsunamis and sounding them would have induced residents to run inland (towards the fire) but residents and other leaders are not buying it.  It's a terrible situtaion.   


*Hawaii News Now is a news department shared by three television stations in Honolulu, Hawaii: CBS affiliate KGMB, NBC affiliate KHNL, and Telemundo affiliate KFVE.

[Golden Avalanche]

We've been watching Hawaii News Now* via their app on AppleTV and there is some major damage control going on.  Maui Emergency services is trying to say the sirens are for Tsunamis and sounding them would have induced residents to run inland (towards the fire) but residents and other leaders are not buying it.  It's a terrible situtaion.   


*Hawaii News Now is a news department shared by three television stations in Honolulu, Hawaii: CBS affiliate KGMB, NBC affiliate KHNL, and Telemundo affiliate KFVE.

They're not buying that the sirens are only meant for tsunami warning?

Or, not buying that residents would have sought higher ground after hearing the tsunami warning but knowing it was a wildfire?

[rocky_warrior]

They're not buying that the sirens are only meant for tsunami warning?

Or, not buying that residents would have sought higher ground after hearing the tsunami warning but knowing it was a wildfire?

Curious too.

Also electric utilities always get a lot of heat (see CO and CA), but they'd get more if they just shut power down during high winds. Lose, lose.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Hearing the gym and resorts are not damaged. The goal is to continue the event at the same gym and to make the teams involved a major fundraising effort for the people in Maui.

[The Lens]

Hearing the gym and resorts are not damaged. The goal is to continue the event at the same gym and to make the teams involved a major fundraising effort for the people in Maui.

Some of the major resorts have been assiting getting non Hawaiian employees off the island so that relief workers and those who have lost homes can stay on the property.  It will be interesting to see how they re-staff up.  Currently the big Maui resorts have waived cancellation fees through September 15th.

[dgies9156]

Hearing the gym and resorts are not damaged. The goal is to continue the event at the same gym and to make the teams involved a major fundraising effort for the people in Maui.

Here's the problem: Where are you going to put the fans and teams (assuming emergency workers are in hotels and resorts), is there enough supplies and what's the PR effect of having a frivolous basketball tournament as Hawaii rebuilds.

It's a crazy idea to have the tournament in a city that looks like Berlin in 1945. The people are suffering, the infrastructure is suspect and we still have hundreds of missing people.

Here's another idea: Have the tournament in Honolulu. Pledge the profits from the tournament and the profits from the fans and the hotel stays to Maui Rebuilds. Each team then commits to coming back to a stronger Maui at the first available chance.

[MU82]

Here's the problem: Where are you going to put the fans and teams (assuming emergency workers are in hotels and resorts), is there enough supplies and what's the PR effect of having a frivolous basketball tournament as Hawaii rebuilds.

It's a crazy idea to have the tournament in a city that looks like Berlin in 1945. The people are suffering, the infrastructure is suspect and we still have hundreds of missing people.

Here's another idea: Have the tournament in Honolulu. Pledge the profits from the tournament and the profits from the fans and the hotel stays to Maui Rebuilds. Each team then commits to coming back to a stronger Maui at the first available chance.

Ten days after 9/11, the Mets played a home game; 4 days later, the Yankees did. You could still see smoke and smell the putrid odor from Ground Zero.

It seemed almost absurd to hold something as trivial as baseball games. But they were looked at as a way to heal a deeply wounded city, and games were used to raise money for victim's families and other altruistic causes.

I'm not saying they should do similar in Maui, because I don't know how it would play there for the locals. Just saying it's certainly not unprecedented.

[Coleman]

Ten days after 9/11, the Mets played a home game; 4 days later, the Yankees did. You could still see smoke and smell the putrid odor from Ground Zero.

It seemed almost absurd to hold something as trivial as baseball games. But they were looked at as a way to heal a deeply wounded city, and games were used to raise money for victim's families and other altruistic causes.

I'm not saying they should do similar in Maui, because I don't know how it would play there for the locals. Just saying it's certainly not unprecedented.

Yeah but the difference is that 99.9% of NYC's infrastructure was still intact, and there were working hotels, grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals, etc.

[The Lens]

We're going to hear the Fort Myers example a lot but FLA is used to reloading post Hurricanes, Maui is not psychologically conditioned for this. 

My money is on Vegas. 

[Dr. Blackheart]

Hearing the gym and resorts are not damaged. The goal is to continue the event at the same gym and to make the teams involved a major fundraising effort for the people in Maui.

That would be a tone deaf move. 12,000 residents were displaced or killed (with a 1000+ unaccounted for), and every Lahaina restaurant closed/burned down. Locals are very upset at tourists who are acting entitled and at the slowness of FEMA getting supplies in. The Governor has declared West Maui as a tourist exclusionary zone. Key local government officials are getting fired due their performance.The other tourist zones are laying off employees as tourist cancel.

FEMA has secured thousands of Kaanapali resort rooms and AirBnBs for 38+ weeks plus for displaced families, FEMA workers and for reconstruction crews. All the Lahaina rental/hotel inventory is destroyed or damaged (mine). Let's throw in a basketball tournament in one of the last remaining buildings in 10 weeks to further upset grieving and recovery.

They can do the fundraising elsewhere.

[Jay Bee]

Pakuni & Nielson both poo-poo'ing the severity of the damage. I still can't imagine holding the tourney there. Seems bonkers, but it's a crazy world we live in.

Hoping we have a good alternative site known fairly soon.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Lol. Not sure when I was poo-poo'ing the severity of the damage. Guess some hear what they want to hear.

[The Sultan]

Here's the problem: Where are you going to put the fans and teams (assuming emergency workers are in hotels and resorts), is there enough supplies and what's the PR effect of having a frivolous basketball tournament as Hawaii rebuilds.

It's a crazy idea to have the tournament in a city that looks like Berlin in 1945. The people are suffering, the infrastructure is suspect and we still have hundreds of missing people.

Here's another idea: Have the tournament in Honolulu. Pledge the profits from the tournament and the profits from the fans and the hotel stays to Maui Rebuilds. Each team then commits to coming back to a stronger Maui at the first available chance.

Y'all realize that last year Marquette played in a basketball tournament in Fort Myers less than two months after Hurricane Ian right?

[Spotcheck Billy]

Well if they moved it to Vegas for example scoopers would have a much larger ticket supply to buy from.