(06-29-2023, 08:37 AM)copycat Wrote:

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

A. Zero reason to move the stadium anywhere - the current location is geographically perfect - and they will save a few hundred mil by building on the bones of the old foundation. 
B. The SouthBank may be in someone's plans, but it doesn't appear anywhere in what Khan/Lamping have laid out for the stadium. ent. district and lux hotel timeline. 
C.Why spend even more than the exorbitant cost already planned?
D. Why work to create an entertainment district and attract a luxury hotel to the north side of the river and move the stadium away from all of that?
E. All of that land on the Southbank east of the end of the riverwalk is already earmarked by the city for some major project. Last I heard it was going to be a huge Duval County School board office and complex, which seems a horrible waste of prime riverfront, but, hey...  we've been squandering downtown for decades now.

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