(05-11-2023, 09:41 AM)mikesez Wrote: The option we should hope for is that they figure out how to copy what Miami did.  Use the exact same foundation and put new stands and a shade structure on it. 

Copying Tampa, and building the new stadium next door to the old one is tempting, but remember all that land is contaminated. The whole reason the stadium is where it is, and why it was able to be built relatively cheap in the first place, is they recycled a deep foundation dating back to before there were as many EPA type regulations, and they knew most of the contamination that's in the neighboring lots didn't affect that site because there had been a stadium there since the 1930s.  So building a new stadium next to the old one is probably the most expensive option.  Lots of soil remediation would be needed.

Another option would be building a new stadium somewhere else.  Every non residential area on the central Northside with good connections to the expressways is already well-used for offices and logistics, or is likely contaminated from the WWII days.  You need a place with expressway connections that's more derelict, that was still cowtown in those early industrial days. Regency Square Mall comes to mind.

Yea, agreed. Would like to see it at the corner of Butler and San Pablo on the banks of the intercoastal (would be a great view of Jax Beach and the ocean), but that land is too valuable now. It might help revitalize the Regency area in general, tho it's not a real good look for visiting teams. Between downtown on the river and Regency, I'd take downtown. Or maybe move it across the river to the Southbank where the old JEA Southside Generating Station used to be. The city might still own that land, and it would still be Riverfront. Would be a tight fit, but a smaller stadium might fit.

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