(03-31-2022, 08:07 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(03-31-2022, 07:25 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'd much prefer finally making downtown what it should be with a new stadium and waterfront retail/dining/nightlife district than building a stadium in a boring, generic suburb. 

Suburban sprawl is what ruined downtown and sprawling a vital component of the city to a suburb is like giving up without a fight. 

Other cities have revitalized faded areas to their former glory with new stadiums and adjoining developments. I'd like to see Jacksonville do the same.

Other cities aren't structured like Jacksonville where the township proper is the entire county due to consolidation.  That's the reason for the suburban sprawl.

You could build it south of Butler along the Intercoastal.  Closer to the Beach and established nightlife. That could be developed from scratch and wouldn't have to end up as a 'boring, generic suburb'.  And by the way, as someone who worked downtown for 30 years, there's nothing particularly exciting about downtown.

I know WHY it happened. (county line/city border annex) Though it started 20 years prior to that.
(My grandparents lived in Springfield when it was still fairly new)

I'm more interested in correcting it -  not contributing to it. 

It would be exciting if it were properly revitalized instead of abandoned. 

Suburbs are boring and cities with vibrant waterfront districts are cool.

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