(11-24-2020, 10:40 AM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote:

(11-24-2020, 10:17 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: It's funny how the NFL leaves horribly outdated stadiums like Lambeau and Heinz field alone when it comes to new stadium pushes.

Curious if Buffalo is feeling the same pressure...

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Wasn’t Heinz field built in the early 2000’s?

Yes, everyone knows StroudCrowd1 is a Hunts fan and will do anything possible to undermine the Heinz brand.  Speaking of which, Kraft bought Heinz, moved the Heinz operations out of Pittsburgh (to Chicago) and will no longer be the sponsor name on the Steelers stadium.  

Ok, back on topic, the oldest to newest (through Heinz) is listed below ....

Lambeau Field (1957), Green Bay Packers
Arrowhead Stadium (1972), Kansas City Chiefs
New Era Field (1973), Buffalo Bills
Mercedes-Benz Superdome (1975), New Orleans Saints.
Hard Rock Stadium (1987), Miami Dolphins.
EverBank Field (1995), Jacksonville Jaguars.
Bank of America Stadium (1996), Carolina Panthers
FedEx Field (1997), Washington Redskins.
M&T Bank Stadium (1998), Baltimore Ravens
Raymond James Stadium (1998), Tampa Bay Buccaneers
FirstEnergy Stadium (1999), Cleveland Browns
Nissan Stadium (1999), Tennessee Titans
Paul Brown Stadium (2000), Cincinnati Bengals.
Heinz Field (2001), Pittsburgh Steelers.

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(11-25-2020, 07:47 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Winning solves everything. A team doesn't have to be a perennial playoff contender, just play competitively on a consistent level. Corporate sponsors and wealthy individuals do not want to wine and dine prospective clients, employees, family and friends at a venue with a team so bad that not only are they expected to lose, but do so in grand fashion. An atmosphere of utter defeat is not conducive to deal-making and entertainment. Especially when it's so bad even the hoi polloi is largely absent.

Khan is not in control of the NFL or the city, but if he truly wishes to stay in Jacksonville then he needs to change the thing in which he does have control - the franchise. Change the franchise and everything else will fall into place.

Yep.  If we win 8 games per year on the average we'd have no problem with fan attendance as we'd be in the playoff run each year.   What sucks is that when we were good, we were competing against Manning and the Colts so losing 5 games meant there was no way we could win the division.  Wish we could reverse history and to have sucked then and were good now when our divisional competition is pretty average.

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