re: If someone pledged up to $1 billion for a "state of the art" replacement for TS

No politician would get re-elected by voting to turn down $1,000,000,000 for a new Tiger Stadium with the specifications first proposed by udtiger—even if it were constructed on an alternate site. The alternate site would be hotly debated, but the final decision would not kill the deal. Money talks.

Increasing the number of people involved on the game weekend/day would generate even more money. Making it more accessible to more people would generate more money. Making it famous would generate more events, that is, more money. I am sure more people can come up with more benefits.

Thinking rather than emoting was the purpose of udtiger's post.