(06-17-2023, 12:26 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(06-16-2023, 04:59 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: I just find the hosting the games outside of Jacksonville thing odd. I honestly cannot remember any other North American major 4 sports team who has done that. If they were at a different facility it was still one in their many location/city. The further distance I can even remember is the NY Islanders who had matches at MSG And Barclay.

I mean the other consideration is that the other owners have to agree to anything the Jags do. And playing games in Gainesville, Daytona, Orlando or elsewhere could be a threat to Tampa Bay's or Miami's fanbase.

I just think the the offering of the 2 year plan was announced, to put into context how hard it would be to not do a full 4 year renovation plan because that is what they actually expect to be approved.

Also, I know someone was like they want to get into the big events sooner. I mean most of those events are yearly. They will still be there in 4 years. And it is too late even with the 2 year plan to be done for the new 12 team College Football Playoff, and the 2026 World Cup locations were already announced.

Bears played 1 season in Champaign. It's a little over 2 hours away.

Orlando is a little farther away, Daytona is a lot closer. The Bears were terrible that season and had a bunch of injuries and they were very good the season before. Routine is important and ensuring you have a NFL level field and facility are important. The Jags are risking messing with the play of the team.

I'm not sure how they can't build the stadium while still playing if they work around the clock for 6 months. Then switch to building the outside of the stadium stuff the other 6 months.

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Only on HGTV do they manage to work around the clock and get construction done as fast as humanly possible, and that's due to the magic of editing.  Seems like every real project I see they go really fast until all of a sudden they come to a dead halt for weeks because they're waiting for something.  And with today's supply-chain issues, you can count on that kind of thing happening repeatedly.  So if they tried to do the construction with a timeline of being ready for the next season, you'd be inviting disaster.  

The project won's start until 2026 at the earliest.  Everything I've read says they will have to spend more than $100 million on whatever stadium they select to play in while the downtown stadium is being renovated.  I'm intrigued by the option of improving something here in town, like at UNF.

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