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What made Jacksonville, FL attractive to the NFL
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:36 pm
for them to add an expansion team there? I never understood the logic behind it. Was it a booming city with vast potential at the time? It's such a small TV market with little corporate support.
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:37 pm to Paul Allen
Money. It should never have been put there, you gotta think someones bank account went up.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:38 pm to Paul Allen
see my post in the other thread...
biggest city in the US land wise not in Alaska...also the intersection of I 95 and I 10 two of the busiest roads in the country. One day it will be as big as Atlanta or Houston...that day will be no time soon.
biggest city in the US land wise not in Alaska...also the intersection of I 95 and I 10 two of the busiest roads in the country. One day it will be as big as Atlanta or Houston...that day will be no time soon.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:39 pm to St Augustine
It was the only city in the bidding they could use to screw over Baltimore. Yes, I'm still bitter.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:39 pm to St Augustine
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One day it will be as big as Atlanta or Houston...that day will be no time soon.
Nobody that lives in Jacksonville is from Jacksonville. This seems to lead to lack of support for local teams.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:39 pm to Jcorye1
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Money. It should never have been put there, you gotta think someones bank account went up.
Gotta be. In my opinion it's in a less than desirable part of the state. The stadium is not the greatest either, how did they even get to host the Super Bowl there?
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:40 pm to Cosmo
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Nobody that lives in Jacksonville is from Jacksonville
Same goes for Tampa, it's mostly retirees from up north.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:41 pm to Paul Allen
I have no idea, but I have heard it was by far the worst SB. Fwiw, I've been to Jacksonville a couple of times, and it just doesn't seem like a sports city. You go to Boston, and its hard not see people wearing Red Sox/Flyers/Celtics/Patriots hats and shirts.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:41 pm to Paul Allen
I'd assume a lot of liquor, women, and drugs aka the Olympic Selection Committee or college recruiting. 
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:43 pm to Paul Allen
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In my opinion it's in a less than desirable part of the state
If by less than desirable you mean the part that gets hit least by hurricanes, actually has a fall, spring, and winter with easy access to other major cities then sure.
There is no real culture in J-ville IMO. Like it was said, everyone is from somewhere else and the mean age of its residents is VERY YOUNG(probably the youngest in FL). The Steelers are THE team in Jacksonville.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:43 pm to Jcorye1
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by far the worst SB
Yeah, I heard that as well from people who actually went to the game. Just an awful stadium and city
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:43 pm to Jcorye1
yeah, I'd imagine it was a shitty superbowl, but jacksonville probably got to host b/c there aren't a lot of warm-weather options. The nfl can only have miami, tampa bay, etc so many times.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:44 pm to Paul Allen
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Same goes for any city in Florida within 10 miles of the ocean, it's mostly retirees from up north.
It was a bad SB because the infrastructure is horrendous with multiple bridge crossing required to get to the stadium...its confusing as shite.
This post was edited on 5/9/11 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:44 pm to Paul Allen
At least part of it was that Jacksonville was a USFL city in the 80s and had some of the highest attendance totals out of that league.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:45 pm to St Augustine
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The Steelers are THE team in Jacksonville
I thought the Noles were the team in JAX?
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:47 pm to Paul Allen
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I thought the Noles were the team in JAX?
not even remotely close...
since I've lived in St. Augustine since 04 J-ville is 110% Gators. As far as NFL I'd say the split is 50% Steelers, 30% Jags, 20 % pats, jets, dolphins, giants.
not until this past fall did I see ANY noles stickers, shirts, hats, etc
This post was edited on 5/9/11 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:50 pm to St Augustine
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As far as NFL I'd say the split is 50% Steelers
bull-fricking-shite
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:52 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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bull-fricking-shite
I don't know. EVERY bar I have EVER been to in the area has significantly more Steelers fans than Jags fans for the past 6 years...they are EVERYWHERE.
and I hate them
This post was edited on 5/9/11 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:55 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
It's a big city, over 700,000 people. But to me, it's kinda like San Jose. It grew in later decades, which means alot of people that live there don't have roots there. Tampa and Miami have more historical connections (which doesn't say much).
The stadium AT THE TIME was okay, but has been surpassed quickly. shite, the original Gator Bowl Stadium was the same dumpy shite you'd find in Orlando, Miami, Pasadena, CA, Dallas, and New Orleans if you get my drift. They renovated it to make it acceptable, but with the new places sprouting up across the country, it seems like a lost cause to try and keep a franchise there.
I think Jax has potential, but probably moreso with an NBA team...or dare I say, hockey.
The stadium AT THE TIME was okay, but has been surpassed quickly. shite, the original Gator Bowl Stadium was the same dumpy shite you'd find in Orlando, Miami, Pasadena, CA, Dallas, and New Orleans if you get my drift. They renovated it to make it acceptable, but with the new places sprouting up across the country, it seems like a lost cause to try and keep a franchise there.
I think Jax has potential, but probably moreso with an NBA team...or dare I say, hockey.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 5:02 pm to Paul Allen
And they also got picked over St. Louis & Memphis. Baltimore was PISSED at the time. I see why that poster earlier is still bitter. I would be too if I were from there.
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