(02-19-2022 03:23 PM)Unionman76 Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 02:51 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 11:03 AM)tigerfan39 Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 10:51 AM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(02-19-2022 09:18 AM)pkptigers07 Wrote:  If the state is going to help with a billion dollar+ stadium in Nashville to replace a 20 year old stadium, which you know they will, the university and Memphians need to demand state support for a new stadium on campus.

Unfortunately it would like be the same as all previous funding opportunities for a university owned facility in Memphis. The city gets involved to control & receive the funding & the university need become secondary. The amazing thing in this case is that the city has no need for a stadium - you don't build stadiums for 1-2 events per year. That's why the university must insist on taking ownership of any stadium initiative with the idea that the university could then accommodate any city needs. But if history is a guide the university needs & priority will be overridden by the city to the detriment of the university.

The mayor has offered the stadium to the university. I'm guessing what we will hear from the AD in the coming months is the direction the university will take. A firm has submitted recommendations from a study done back in November, but that has not been shared.

The problem with renovating an old stadium is its still an old stadium but with some new features. Recurring maintenance will still reflect an old stadium. An a renovation that would provide any significant improvements would be a nice down-payment on a new stadium with better accommodations & lower maintenance costs. Just the sort of thing Nashville is realizing now even though their current stadium is much newer than the LB. So the university will get saddled with the increasing upkeep expenditures to keep the LB viable. Probably not a good bargain for the university or for the city if either attempt to maintain the LB long term.

sez every stadium in the sec

SEC has money to burn. SEC stadiums are On Campus providing few other alternatives. TX A&M renovated to the tune of $300M+. Not much of a comparison or equivalent to our circumstances.