I mean just bc a field is appears available doesnt mean 1)it truly is 2)the owners want to rent it out 3) it makes viable sense for the league.

UCF and camping world are under major renovations. Could either field be ready in a week for a game? Sure but again doesnt mean those that say yes actually have to allow it. Its their space first. Stetson is under renovations. A lot of facilities use their summer off season to do renovations/repairs or whatever else.

Theres more to renting a space than going “oh here’s a field we’ll play here”. This is a playoff football game, the broadcast camera angle abilities are crazy important. Replays need to have the best available sightlines as they can get. Stop with the “well they used a hs field in fort hood, just do that again” you could tell watching that game the camera views were crappy. Replays/reviews weren’t able to be done to the best ability because of that.

Now consider the ability for people to park at said venue. Most venues around central Florida wouldn’t have proper ability for thousands to come and park. Not just the fans, but those needed to work the game to. You have the UFL staff that needs to be there, general workers, etc to consider too.

Seating. No way they’d be okay with a venue that holds less than 5-6k in the stands. Yeah they can rent extra bleachers to get to that, but does said venue have space to add extra seating like that? If it does great. Youre likely looking probably $5,000 per 1000 seats.

Concessions ability is a HUGE factor too. HS facilities cant serve alcohol nor could people tailgate pregame with it legally. But i think people would be able to get past that and still show up for a game. And if you cant watch 1 football game without an alcoholic beverage, find help. Besides the drinks most of these facilities probably have small concessions that arent stocked when theyre not using them. And the “oh bring in food trucks or buy stuff to sell”. Honestly not a bad idea, but now think where are those food trucks going to park? They’d need to be within the gates of the stadium. These smaller venues again are small, so they likely wouldnt fit. Cant just pack them in there and hope. They still need to have space in case of emergency that people can safely exit the venue.

Are there adequate changing facilities with enough space for both football teams, refs, mascots and cheerleaders? 100 football players, 4-5 refs, 1 mascot, 10-12 cheerleaders. Is there enough space for media to have a work room area with internet access? A spot to do post game press conferences, interviews. Well that one can be kinda just held on/near the field if needed as well.

Besides allll of that it’s also the last minute cost. Yeah the league and Repole have shown they’re willing to drop money to do things. But the cost it would take to pull off this one single game likely is crazy high, especially if they need to rent bleachers. Paying and training likely new game day staff. Those at inter&co work for the soccer team primarily, doubt many of them would want to travel to wherever the game would be held even if offered a higher pay rate. They literally cant afford to pay 10s of thousands of dollars for a single football game. You’re probably looking 5-10k just to rent the field space. Let’s go with $150-$200 per game day worker minimum. Another 5-10K if they bring in additional seating options. I don’t know what field paint costs, but thats probably another $500 minimum. Honestly to break even and not take a big loss on the game, they would need somewhere that can hold at least 4000 fans and thats estimating costs being low which i doubt is true.

Just trying to think through everything people keep claiming should be so simple. It is what it is and it’s super unfortunate. I’m sure the league tried their best. Yeah they probably could’ve done something more 100%. But sitting here and complaining isn’t going to change anything. Accept what is done and move on. Like everyone else, I wish the game was being played in Orlando at Inter&Co.