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re: Future of EverBank / Jax
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:33 pm to GADAWG2017
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:33 pm to GADAWG2017
For me it’s Amelia for the week, Jax Sat for game (just our tailgate spot) then back to Amelia.
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Posted on 10/31/23 at 11:04 am to Jefferson Dawg
quote:this would be awesome
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa
Posted on 10/31/23 at 11:09 am to GADAWG2017
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I live in Yulee. I work in Jax. The homeless population is def getting worse but Shahid Khan ( the billionaire owner of the Jaguars) is going to run them off of the river. There are a lot of sports bars like gators dockside here in Nassau. On the way to the stadium. River City has Bostons. As a Savannah boy living in Fla., I have developed hookups with the city to get as many tix and parking passes I want so I have a vested interest in keeping it there.
There are a lot of influential fans and donors I think that want it to stay in Jacksonville. It seems to have worked in our favor from player and fan motivation. Gator fans don't seem as passionate about the game in Jax any more of course us beating them doesn't help. Downtown Jax seems like a lost cause but maybe the Jaguars owner can clean it up. I'm surprised he hasn't demanded a new stadium in a better part of town.
Posted on 10/31/23 at 11:22 am to agentoranj1990
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I'm surprised he hasn't demanded a new stadium in a better part of town.
He wants to leave Jax.
Posted on 10/31/23 at 11:30 am to New Money
This might be a dumb question but if he wants to leave Jax why are they about to spend a frickton of money to massively upgrade the stadium?
Posted on 10/31/23 at 11:58 am to WG_Dawg
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if he wants to leave Jax why are they about to spend a frickton of money to massively upgrade the stadium?
I don’t think he wants to leave Jacksonville. I think he’s using leverage to get help paying for the almost $2B in renovations to the stadium and surrounding area. That’s what I heard at least
Posted on 10/31/23 at 7:46 pm to New Money
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He wants to leave Jax.
No he doesn't. He is about to pump a metric shitload of money into a Town Center kind of area in Jax Beach.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 12:12 pm to VADawg
He also is buying up the hood areas around the stadium. He is instrumental in getting a Four Seasons. Khan’s had a vision for the jail property and the surrounding properties that he’s played the long game very well with.
Posted on 11/1/23 at 1:14 pm to GADAWG2017
I am curious to see what the redevelopment will look like. The whole downtown area was just in such bad shape last visit. Savannah had a similar problem in the 70's and redeveloped river street. I guess the problem is the political issue where you are displacing lower income people, but they will likely just locate further in another direction.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 6:52 pm to agentoranj1990
Khan is a Pakistani, he has made billions dealing with the poor.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 7:04 pm to GADAWG2017
There are rumors the new stadium may only be 40 to 50 thousand seating capacity. I don't think there is any way the game stays there if that is the case.
Posted on 11/2/23 at 7:12 pm to Jboney2688
62,000-71,500 per jaguars.com
Posted on 11/3/23 at 10:22 am to Jboney2688
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There are rumors the new stadium may only be 40 to 50 thousand seating capacity
lol
I'm not laughing at you specifically, but am curious where a rumor like that would even start. For reference vandy's stadium seats just a hair under 40K. I simply can't imagine that Jacksonville, or any NFL stadium, would have the equivalent of vandy-level seating no matter how many bells and whistles are slapped on or around them.
Posted on 11/3/23 at 7:26 pm to WG_Dawg
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I simply can't imagine that Jacksonville, or any NFL stadium, would have the equivalent of vandy-level seating no matter how many bells and whistles are slapped on or around them
Exactly and any new NFL facility will also want to host other big time events
(CFB playoffs,Super Bowls,etc) and you simply can't do that with a 40k venue.
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