(06-28-2023, 08:41 PM)Predator Wrote:

(06-28-2023, 05:29 PM)copycat Wrote: I am curios of what the cost would be to build on the South Bank.  Move the school board, continue the north bank revitalisation and build a new stadium over there on that mostly undeveloped land.  We get to keep the Jags in town, get a jump start on revitalising both banks at once and build a thriving downtown entertainment district on both sides of the river with water taxi’s AND a reimagined People Mover that actually carries people.  You know the south bank will develop on it’s own as soon as the project is announced.

Probably hundreds of millions more expensive.

You have the cost of acquiring all the necessary land for the stadium and parking. Then the cost of clearing it. On top of that, Daily's Place would no longer be an attractive venue and you would lose the use of all the new practice facilities requiring new ones to be built on the other side of the river in order to have practical value.

I don't think the city nor Khan could accept that kind of wasted investment in order to move the stadium across the river.

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One issue you have to consider with a 4 year plan vs a 2 year plan is that the longer a construction process goes, the more expensive they become and the more likely they will go over budget.

With the new practice facility there is no need to even go to the stadium except on game days regardless of where the stadium is located.  Daily’s Place appears that it could be a stand alone venue and should fit right in with current construction/entertainment district.  The only drawback I can see is cost differential.  We know the long term goal is to develop both sides of the river and this would get a jump on that as well as keep the team here while they build the new stadium.

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