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Hunter550
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posted: 2017-01-29 00:41:14 (ID: 100096876) Report Abuse |
pete wrote:
wiznoo wrote:
Just glad to be a Packers fan, yet again. And then you read this announcement of the Packers moving to Orlando... And thats why college football is the way to go, won't have to worry about Alabama relocating anywhere |
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posted: 2017-01-29 02:00:12 (ID: 100096877) Report Abuse | |
Hunter550 wrote:
pete wrote:
wiznoo wrote:
Just glad to be a Packers fan, yet again. And then you read this announcement of the Packers moving to Orlando... And thats why college football is the way to go, won't have to worry about Alabama relocating anywhere Yeah, and then SMU gets the Death Penalty... :-) Steve SD Blitz |
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Meitheisman
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posted: 2017-01-31 15:04:57 (ID: 100096986) Report Abuse |
What I think needs to be discussed is why did the Chargers need a new stadium. Qualcomm Stadium was good enough to host the SuperBowl a few times (the last time in 2003) so why is it not good enough for regular NFL games anymore?
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gnikeoj
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posted: 2017-01-31 16:29:58 (ID: 100096993) Report Abuse |
I don't think that it's not "good' enough, I just think they teams want new. The stadium is one of the oldest currently used. Only the LA Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Lambeau Field, and Soldier Field are older.
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posted: 2017-01-31 17:08:26 (ID: 100096997) Report Abuse | |
The stadium income is one of the few parts where a home team can get money for their own. Not the whole income is for the home team, but the boxes and so on, and if you want to improve old arenas with that kind of stuff it gets expensive and normally it's not easy to bring those into the structure and design.
A state of the art stadium does also increase the value of the franchise, even when it does not belong to the franchise. An NFL team can easily increase in value by a 3 figure million dollars, just to have such a stadium and it usually does not pay that kind of money to get it. Maybe LA will accept the team, maybe not, my take on this is, if the team wins games, the people will come. But will they come if they lose? Probably not. |
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posted: 2017-01-31 19:05:34 (ID: 100097006) Report Abuse | |
I guess, the story is different from another point of view. European sports fans often tell about glory, and roots, and connections to their teams. I guess, the biggest part of income in the NFL is generated by ...event fans. And no, I don't mean it in a offending way. But if the show is good, the NFL team will earn more money. Better stadium, better show. This might be one big reasons, and if you look into the past, moving a franchise is quite common for these closed league structures.
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posted: 2017-02-01 04:58:54 (ID: 100097045) Report Abuse | |
pete wrote:
I guess, the story is different from another point of view. European sports fans often tell about glory, and roots, and connections to their teams. I guess, the biggest part of income in the NFL is generated by ...event fans. And no, I don't mean it in a offending way. But if the show is good, the NFL team will earn more money. Better stadium, better show. This might be one big reasons, and if you look into the past, moving a franchise is quite common for these closed league structures. The problem is you're looking at pro football at the same way you look at historic soccer clubs. Pro football came about a lot later then other things. College football teams have been playing in some capacity since the 1870's and those teams have never move (obviously) and have extremely loyal, dedicated fan bases. Also, baseball was always the national past time (although it's been surpassed in popularity by football). Many of the original baseball clubs started playing in leagues (as opposed to just touring) in the 1880's. That's really on par with many of the big European soccer club. Also, America was settled differently than Europe. People in the states move from east to west (manifest destiny) and as population centers grew out west, some teams eventually moved to support them. Such a population shift didn't happen in Europe in the last ~150 years. Steve SD Blitz |
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posted: 2017-02-01 08:00:29 (ID: 100097049) Report Abuse | |
Solana_Steve wrote:
The problem is ... No, Steve...no problem at all. Just a different view |
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Meitheisman
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posted: 2017-02-01 12:27:12 (ID: 100097058) Report Abuse |
So all the arguments for a "better/newer" stadium is the team owner making more money or wanting something nicer? To me this has nothing to do with a Europe/US cultural difference, I'm just having a hard time sympathising with billionaires wanting public money to help them get richer, on any continent.
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posted: 2017-02-01 13:45:59 (ID: 100097065) Report Abuse | |
You dislike people getting richer than rich due to earning big money in sports? NFL, Formula1, Soccer...forget about it
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