(05-26-2023, 09:34 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-25-2023, 06:03 PM)Dimson Wrote: So that makes it ok? You are cool with more taxes because you have it better than other areas? The concentration l government steals enough of your money as it is, they don't need anymore.

Let's break this down:

• only 30 cities have NFL stadiums 
  
• since 2000 those cities have spent a combined 7.3 billion dollars on stadium renovations or construction
  
• only 3 stadiums are privately funded - New York and LA are self explanatory because of the giant market and profitability of such a venue in those dense populations
  
• Gillette stadium is the only pseudo outlier and Kraft ponied up the 300 mil to build that after his plan to move to Connecticut fell through and he was forced to make something happen quickly before the franchise had no home
  
• These stadiums are a major asset to the areas they serve - they bring big, big dollars to the community in terms of jobs and tourist revenue
  
• Not having one of these compared to having one is a bad thing for our community
  
• We've established that the only way it will happen in all but the biggest markets is through a combo of private money (Khan) and public funds (CoJ)
  
• Despite your complaint it DOES matter that we have it easy in Jax in terms of taxes. Otherwise additional taxation to fund a stadium would be viewed much differently by the public a large. You seem to be on your own there. 
  
• We don't know yet how much the city will settle on paying when the deal is done - and we don't know how they'll gather the funding - we do know that the city will have a world class modernized facility that only a dozen or so other cities in the US can match. That's valuable. It will attract more events, concerts and tourist dollars. 
  
• It isn't going to get done without public money
  
• The team isn't going to remain here if it isn't done
  

This is a no brainer unless the city can't iron out a reasonable deal, and they will.