Quote:Bob Kraft did it the right way when it came to building a stadium. His model is what the league should be following instead of asking for the public to pay the majority of cost:


– He built a cost effective stadium for a cool 325 million using his own funds. It's one of the best venues in the league and great to see the games in from a fan perspective, proving you don’t need billion dollar palaces that will never generate enough money to pay for themselves in their lifecycle


– He gets all the revenue from the Pats games


– He gets additional revenue from the rentals on stores, restaurants, movie theaters and nightclub in the Patriot Place complex around the stadium


– He gets all the revenues from the 20-25 MLS Revolutions games that draw 20,000+


– He gets all the revenues from concerts


This model will work almost anywhere and there is zero reason why taxpayers should subsidize billionaires in any way. The only “public money” Kraft got was the state of MA spending 50 million to improve the road system around the stadium, which was desperately needed and would have had to be done eventually anyway.


Khan seems like an owner who would look to follow a similar model when the time comes for Jacksonville to build a new stadium.