(02-18-2019, 09:18 PM)SamusAranX Wrote:

(02-18-2019, 08:49 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: It's growing like crazy on the Westside/Clay county area, as well. There's new neighborhoods popping up all the time. 

Unfortunately, there's still a large contingent of short-sighted voters in Duval who want a new stadium paid for in entirety by Shad Khan. They see a stadium as the exclusive domain of the Jaguars, without giving one iota of consideration of its other uses throughout the year. Perhaps incoming populations, and winning more, can sway the rubes. Some of them absolutely loath Khan and the Jags. I just don't get it. 

Personally, I would loooove to see something like the new Atlanta stadium here. A retractable roof would be ideal for hot Sept/Oct days, and cooler Nov/Dec days. But that's an impossible dream. Raising that kind of fundage, with an internationally recognizable sponsor is way beyond Jacksonville for the next couple of decades.

I’m not completely opposed to a little bit of taxpayer money helping the stadium but in the end I think it’s wrong for owners to expect the public to fit the bill, so no, its not shortsighted imo.  The economic effects are negligible to be honest. 

Now the emotional, the non tangible effects? Those are true. Jacksonville needs the Jaguars. I don’t even live there and I would be devastated if they left, I couldn’t imagine what it’s like for those who live there, invest their 7 sundays a year with season tickets etc

We're in agreement. While I don't expect the public to foot the entire bill, I don't see a problem with taxpayer money partially funding a multi-use stadium. What percentage that would be depends upon several factors. Extravagance being the primary determiner. I'm in the firm belief that if you build it, they will come. Other large events would book a nice stadium as a marquee statement, such as a Super Bowl. Unfortunately, this is a conversation that is still years down the road here in Jacksonville. The political and public will is simply not there, currently.

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