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Posted on 5/30/15 at 10:41 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 5/30/15 at 10:41 am to BowlJackson
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A Southside stadium would increase attendance. Much more accessible and nicer area than Legion Field. Region Field sells out plenty of Barons games in the vicinity of UAB and not many people in Birmingham care about baseball. Birmingham is the top CFB market in the country though and the whole city isn't in Tuscaloosa or Auburn on Saturday. You put a good football product for a cheap price in the hottest area of the top CFB city in the country and people will show up. Not sure why that's so hard for people to see.
How do you propose paying for this stadium?
Donations? If so, then why not let them try.
This post was edited on 5/30/15 at 10:45 am
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Posted on 5/30/15 at 11:20 am to theenemy
They can't come up with the money. It was going to cost $75MM to get them out of Legion Field into a purpose built facility, fund support facilities, staff, and operations for something like the next 3-5 years. The don't have it, can't raise it privately, so the only option is for their daddy Bama to fund it or to raise it through a new bond deal.....i.e. for the University system to take on debt to support a loss making operation that attracts maybe 5-7K per game and has zero fan support despie having 22 years to show some results.
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