(02-08-2020, 03:13 PM)Byron LeftTown Wrote: This is strange, since I read the O-Zone maybe once a month, but my question was asked and answered in today's column:

Marty from Jacksonville



John, could you explain how Lot J would increase revenue for the football team? What does a development like Lot J have to do with the football team? I don't get the connection.



Khan, and by extension the Jaguars, would be major investors along with Cordish Companies and the city. As such, they would get significant revenue from the projects.

It sounds like the 4 parties (or 3 parties if Khan and the Jags are the same thing) are taking on debt and risk for a project nobody asked for.  Luxury high-rise hotels when global travel is collapsing?  Another live venue for music acts?  Gee we only have the Auditorium, Metro Park, Daily's Place and a huge stadium there, so let's build another music venue.  Residential?  Will people pay extra to live next to an NFL stadium?  Why?

So 10 years and maybe $1B later, what do we have, a thriving "downtown" or some overpriced and underused buildings?