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re: What made Jacksonville, FL attractive to the NFL
Posted on 5/9/11 at 5:02 pm to TexasTiger08
Posted on 5/9/11 at 5:02 pm to TexasTiger08
Yeah it's kind of funny when I listen to local sports talk radio apparently a lot of kids are huge into lacrosse in J-ville and they have a lot of international rugby matches and stuff like that. The Players championship also does very well. The population is very young and I feel like it will take a few generations for the jaguars to actually get their own following.
The stadium is a pile of crap for being relatively new. It's like a bigger, less dump qualcom where you have to block off several sections with tarps. I think the capacity sans tarps is actually around 80k.
The stadium is a pile of crap for being relatively new. It's like a bigger, less dump qualcom where you have to block off several sections with tarps. I think the capacity sans tarps is actually around 80k.
This post was edited on 5/9/11 at 5:04 pm
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 6:14 pm to Paul Allen
Prior to Benson buying the Saints the previous owner was looking to sell to a Jacksonville group.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 6:17 pm to TigerintheNO
Bud Adams first threatened to move the Oilers to Jacksonville around '89/'90 if the city didn't upgrade the Astrodome, which it did by removing the bad arse scoreboard.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 6:47 pm to Paul Allen
Jax is a Gator town from what I can tell. At least that's what I see here in Jax Beach.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 6:52 pm to Tiger in NY
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Jax is a Gator town from what I can tell. At least that's what I see here in Jax Beach.
no doubt
Posted on 5/9/11 at 6:55 pm to Jcorye1
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You go to Boston, and its hard not see people wearing Red Sox/Flyers/Celtics/Patriots hats and shirts.
You mean Bruins?This post was edited on 5/9/11 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 5/9/11 at 7:47 pm to Paul Allen
Good question, it's sad that a city this big still gets blacked-out on TV. This city lacks interest in any sport that doesn't involve UF.
Posted on 5/9/11 at 8:10 pm to tiggah1981
They're on the way to Los Angeles, I always thought San Antonio or Memphis would be cool NFL cities..
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:45 am to St Augustine
Back when Jax was chosen I was listening to Buddy D's radio show. Tom Benson was on the selection committee and he was quoted as saying Jax was a good choice for the NFL b/c they'd be "The only game in town"
Posted on 5/10/11 at 12:49 am to St Augustine
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biggest city in the US land wise not in Alaska...
Because they annexed the entire county. Size doesn't really mean anything.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:00 am to The Boat
I think the city of Jacksonville is in 4 different counties
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:30 am to UFownstSECsince1950
All of Jacksonville is in Duval County. It's a consolidated city-county.
It's such a shitty city because it's full of white trash redneck Gator fans that don't know anything about geography.
It's such a shitty city because it's full of white trash redneck Gator fans that don't know anything about geography.
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 1:32 am
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:36 am to Jcorye1
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Red Sox/Flyers/Celtics/Patriots
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:38 am to mattz1122
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removing the bad arse scoreboard.
Tragic
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:46 am to St Augustine
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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.
there's a Bills bar in St. Augustine. Saw it when I was down there a couple weeks ago.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:47 am to The Boat
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Size doesn't really mean anything.
That's what she said.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:48 am to tiggah1981
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Good question, it's sad that a city this big still gets blacked-out on TV.
They had a grand total of zero blackouts last season.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 8:55 am to tiggah1981
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it's sad that a city this big still gets blacked-out on TV
It's really small for an NFL city. In order to sell out they need 8% of the city's population or 5% of their entire metro to go to the games. Compare that to Atlanta where they can sell out with 1.5% of the metro attending or LA which would only need 0.4%. It's a lot to expect of any metro under 3 million to sell out consistently with a mediocre or bad team unless there's just not much else to do there or people are really into the team.
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