(12-08-2020, 07:55 PM)HolsterHusto Wrote: These tweets regarding the Lot J meeting are something:

“This afternoon’s council meeting was supposed to serve as a bridge to get this deal approved by year’s end. Instead, it revealed that some crucial votes are still up in the air. In response, the Jaguars played the leaving-Jacksonville card.”

“ Lamping and Harden argue the Jaguars owner Shad Khan is taking a risk, too, with more than $200 million in private capital investment. Lamping said the Jaguars have been "a free agent team" since he purchased the team in 2012.”

“ Jaguars attorney/lobbyist Paul Harden: “Don’t you think for one minute people haven’t encouraged (Khan)” to look at former NFL cities like St. Louis. “He likes Jacksonville,” Harden said.”

St Louis is interesting. They built their stadium the same time Jax built theirs. Jax's stadium is surrounded by vast affordable parking so tailgating is easy.  St Louis put their dome surrounded by other existing buildings, minimal opportunity to tailgate.  And those hotels and churches and warehouses didn't want to become any kind of entertainment district anyhow.
The city of st louis tried to get ownership to stay and offered them a riverfront stadium, on a much larger piece of open land that they could do what they wanted with - entertainment district, tailgating, both, whatever.
But, just like Jax, if you see a piece of centrally located riverfront property that no one has built anything on, there's probably a reason.

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