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re: Bears football team reveal detailed plans on their escape from Chicago
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:39 am to 3nOut
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:39 am to 3nOut
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AT&T stadium is off the highway of i20 in a town of 400k.
Which is bigger than New Orleans if I'm not mistaken.
Jefferson and East Baton Rouge are also bigger than New Orleans.
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 8:40 am
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Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:40 am to fightin tigers
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Katrina proved this was a terrible idea.
I wouldn't judge their performance after their fan base was dispersed everywhere.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:40 am to member12
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Why can’t the Saints have anything this cool?
The MB Superdome is in a great location as it fits just perfect in an urban setting. Those stadiums that are remote totally suck, as the city and team concept dissipates. The only advantage to that is less traffic for the city. Dolphins stadium comes to mind, it's 18 miles north of downtown.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:42 am to member12
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Why can’t the Saints have anything this cool?
Because New Orleans.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:45 am to 3nOut
quote:have fun at texas live or boomerjacks, i guess
what the hell are you talking about?
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:48 am to Hangover Haven
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The one the looks like an I Robot Vacuum?
Great. Now I can't un-see it.
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 8:49 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:48 am to goofball
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Which is bigger than New Orleans if I'm not mistaken.
Jefferson and East Baton Rouge are also bigger than New Orleans.
well so are dallas and fort worth.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:50 am to member12
Retractable roof with real grass would be cool AF.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:50 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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have fun at texas live or boomerjacks, i guess
i'm not saying that it's my jam or your complaint about the jorts trash is invalid (i'm a cowboys fan but can laugh about ourselves,) i'm just saying that it's right in the middle of a well developed city larger than New Orleans 13 miles from the airport on a major interstate.
Complain about the culture and suburbs, that's fine. But middle of nowhere is a dumb flex.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:51 am to member12
The Arlington Bears office park
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:57 am to member12
quote:The taxpayers only have so much money dude.
Why can’t the Saints have anything this cool?
Posted on 9/7/22 at 8:57 am to Hangover Haven
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The one the looks like an I Robot Vacuum?
That looks pretty cool. irobot should have definitely got the naming rights though.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:04 am to 3nOut
it's the middle of nowhere in regards to bars, restaurants, and entertainment. you have to take a 30+ minute uber to get to fort worth or dallas assuming you don't want to stay in arlington.i guess some people do trips for games differently but when i travel for a game, i'm trying to eat at some good restaurants, go to cool bars, stay in a nice hotel, and explore the city a bit. jerry world absolutely blows for that.
in new orleans, you could pregame/dine in uptown or midcity, hop in a car, and be dropped off at the dome in like 10 minutes. the experience just isn't close.
ive been to games in atlanta, detroit, new orleans, chicago, and a bunch of college games, but jerry world was easily the worst. felt like sports disney world.
in new orleans, you could pregame/dine in uptown or midcity, hop in a car, and be dropped off at the dome in like 10 minutes. the experience just isn't close.
ive been to games in atlanta, detroit, new orleans, chicago, and a bunch of college games, but jerry world was easily the worst. felt like sports disney world.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:12 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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in new orleans, you could pregame/dine in uptown or midcity, hop in a car,
So you still need to Uber around when you go to a Saints game?
You can do that to a Levi Stadium-like facility in Metarie.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:13 am to member12
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Why can’t the Saints have anything this cool?
they will when they move to Austin
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:14 am to goofball
quote:you 1000% don't "need to", but it is an easy and quick option.
So you still need to Uber around when you go to a Saints game?
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:15 am to 3nOut
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i like stadiums in downtown, don't get me wrong, but the only way to get land for that or do new development is to do some shady eminent domain backroom deals by democrat politicians and that's going to be called racist by the democrat voters in the big cities.
This. It's extremely hard to do it correctly in a downtown location.
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:20 am to nicholastiger
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he Arlington Bears If it gets them a Super Bowl it's probably worth it economically
And yet no one has ever proved that. There are articles out there about how these teams are a bad investment for states, though.
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 9:20 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:23 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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you 1000% don't "need to", but it is an easy and quick option.
It's easy and quick in areas like Santa Clara, Arlington, Hamburg, Foxborough, Arlington, Arlington Heights, south Philly, Meadowlands, Inglewood, Glendale, Hattsville, Arrowhead Drive, Dale Mabry, and Holly Hall too. It works pretty well in those areas for those NFL franchises - none of them are in the downtown area. And most of them have way better football venues than what we get with the dome.
It's extremely difficult to build an awesome NFL arena in a downtown area. The only way to really do it is to invest in a sketchy part of town that's "downtown adjacent". And that's no longer politically correct these days, and you still don't end up with something ideal for tailgating. The Saints need a venue a little more isolated IMO - they can then capture nearly all the parking fees, retail revenue, etc. on their property where a downtown location would have more leakage to nearby properties.
To really have a chance at doing this right - we'd have to move the Saints to Tiger Stadium for a few years while we tear down the dome and build a retractable roof stadium with enough flexibility to handle things other than football. Something like what Houston or Dallas has would be awesome. But I don't think we have space for that.
This post was edited on 9/7/22 at 9:31 am
Posted on 9/7/22 at 9:24 am to 3nOut
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it's worked for the braves, rangers, cowboys, jets, redskins, cardinals, patriots, 49ers, giants, etc.
That's because its less about moving urban vs. suburban, and more about moving to where the actual fan base is concentrated. The teams that successfully moved outside of their named city did so because they have large suburban fanbases large enough to support the team locally.
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