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RE: Stadium Question(Don't shoot me)
(12-10-2012 05:03 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  
(12-10-2012 04:41 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Dome opened in 1992. I went to a Ga State game this year and thought the facility was very nice, but my only comparisons are to places like Legion Field, Scott Field, Sanford Stadium, and Williams-Brice. If the local taxpayers were paying a larger portion I would think a new stadium to be a huge waste of money.

As the manager of the GA Dome said after the storm damaged it, "We have 200 events scheduled for our facility, and we must get it fixed before they make other arrangements". They fixed it and now have agreed to replace it in this decade. It will only be "a waste of money" if it does not create sufficient income from "conventioneering visiting firemen" and sports fans paying taxes in the metro-city to balance the costs. Those visitors (including many from Alabama) will probably also buy lots of lottery tickets and "scratch off" cards to help pay for the "Hope fund" and public education in GA.

In 2020 Atlanta will have its second "dome" and B'ham will still have the present BJCC and Legion Field. Which will be more competitive in attracting conventions of larger size?

What would 200+ major conventions do for the city's "Bottom line" of revenue? Jeffco chose to go in another direction.

The SUBURBS chose to go in another direction and now they will say it was all Birmmingham's fault. Where is that Jaklegg who said that they had an alternate to MAPS that I'm still waiting on. dumbasses 03-banghead
12-11-2012 01:41 AM
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Stadium Question(Don't shoot me) - blazr - 12-08-2012, 01:08 PM
RE: Stadium Question(Don't shoot me) - rook360 - 12-11-2012 01:41 AM



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