(07-26-2023 07:48 AM)Unionman76 Wrote:  please mommie

wake me up

Anyway, the full amount is going to be $650 million. There has to be enough for both with all that money.

(07-25-2023 07:24 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-25-2023 07:05 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(07-25-2023 11:15 AM)micman Wrote:  

(07-25-2023 11:02 AM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  Anyone remember the Pyramid and the amenities it was supposed to feature…
glass outdoor elevator
Hard Rock Cafe
Completely interactive
Holograms
Theme parks

& the university had 18 million burning a hole in its pocket that it had been gifted by the state to construct an on-campus basketball facility… that it foolishly handed over to the city.

The Pyramid ended up being built on the cheap & few of the promises made were kept.

Dover built the elevator. The city ended up not paying for it, so they never installed it.
Good Ol Sidney.

Don't go laying the problems with the pyramid on Sidney.

The final design was not his but that of a to be remain unnamed political connected family.

If his original design and capacity was used we would've never had to build the Forum.

there was no getting the Pyramid up to NBA standards...just wasn't going to happen.

So Nascar guy likes Sidney Schlickster? Typical lol

(07-25-2023 04:18 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  What have the grizzlies said about this? Have they said they want some fraction of the 350 million? Have they said they wanted all of the 350 million? Have they made any statement at all? I haven't heard anything.

It's a clickbait article off of what the Pacers paid to reno their arena

(07-26-2023 08:02 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 07:48 AM)Unionman76 Wrote:  please mommie

wake me up

Anyway, the full amount is going to be $650 million. There has to be enough for both with all that money.

Not sure, think I'll go with the "back of the envelope" math by a journalism major.

People are still paying attention to Calkins?

(07-26-2023 08:02 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 07:48 AM)Unionman76 Wrote:  please mommie

wake me up

Anyway, the full amount is going to be $650 million. There has to be enough for both with all that money.

Agree.
Folks are acting like it's all going to the FEF. Sexton mentioned part of the approval was because they want Memphis in a power conference. Giving all the money to FEF would not satisfy that wish.
Also, maybe the University doesn't have to pony up any $$ for the renos, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have to foot some of the bill.

(07-26-2023 08:57 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-25-2023 04:18 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  What have the grizzlies said about this? Have they said they want some fraction of the 350 million? Have they said they wanted all of the 350 million? Have they made any statement at all? I haven't heard anything.

It's a clickbait article off of what the Pacers paid to reno their arena

Well hopefully that's not an apples to apples comparison. It's my understanding this money was, in part, to upgrade the Liberty bowl. I mean come on the fracken Liberty bowl was built on about the same day the Mid-South coliseum was built. 60 years ago. Imagine that. And there hasn't been a substantial upgrade since. The whole thing is pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

(07-26-2023 11:23 AM)msu35 Wrote:  People are still paying attention to Calkins?

It's almost as if he's lobbying for the grizzlies to get, at a minimum, the lions share of that 350 million.

(07-26-2023 12:03 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 08:57 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-25-2023 04:18 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  What have the grizzlies said about this? Have they said they want some fraction of the 350 million? Have they said they wanted all of the 350 million? Have they made any statement at all? I haven't heard anything.

It's a clickbait article off of what the Pacers paid to reno their arena

Well hopefully that's not an apples to apples comparison. It's my understanding this money was, in part, to upgrade the Liberty bowl. I mean come on the fracken Liberty bowl was built on about the same day the Mid-South coliseum was built. 60 years ago. Imagine that. And there hasn't been a substantial upgrade since. The whole thing is pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

Well, there was that significant expansion constructed in 1988.

(07-26-2023 12:09 PM)micman Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 12:03 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 08:57 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-25-2023 04:18 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  What have the grizzlies said about this? Have they said they want some fraction of the 350 million? Have they said they wanted all of the 350 million? Have they made any statement at all? I haven't heard anything.

It's a clickbait article off of what the Pacers paid to reno their arena

Well hopefully that's not an apples to apples comparison. It's my understanding this money was, in part, to upgrade the Liberty bowl. I mean come on the fracken Liberty bowl was built on about the same day the Mid-South coliseum was built. 60 years ago. Imagine that. And there hasn't been a substantial upgrade since. The whole thing is pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

Well, there was that significant expansion constructed in 1988.

I'm not talking about "improvements" that make an old antiquated Liberty bowl a bigger old antiquated Liberty bowl. I think we're all talking about improving the exterior of the Liberty bowl to make it look more appealing. The concourse, the bathrooms, the concessions, disability access, and modernize the seating. Just a few...

Grizz might be like everyone else seems to be now. I can’t count the # of people lately who have either recently moved away, in the process of moving away, or saying they want to get out of the Memphis area. It’s almost everyone you talk to says that these days.

(07-26-2023 12:08 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 11:23 AM)msu35 Wrote:  People are still paying attention to Calkins?

It's almost as if he's lobbying for the grizzlies to get, at a minimum, the lions share of that 350 million.

He’s only pointing out the obvious… in a negotiation between the Grizz & the UofM, the university has far less leverage.

(Grizz might be like everyone else seems to be now. I can’t count the # of people lately who have either recently moved away, in the process of moving away, or saying they want to get out of the Memphis area. It’s almost everyone you talk to says that these days.)

You can count me and my brother in that number of folks moving away. Lifelong West Tennesseans and 40+ year Memphian/Shelby Countians, but now we call Florida home as of May this year. I also know of several more who are looking to move away as well.

The echo-chamber of 92.9 is talking ad nauseum about it.

The column seems to take the leap of...since Strickland visited Indy, then that's EXACTLY how we're going to renovate FEF...That's a big leap.

And I don't think most of the characters on 92.9 understand bond financing and the tax incentives involved.

SEems like the column and article were written to give 92.9 something to talk about.

(07-26-2023 12:40 PM)Garstiger Wrote:  (Grizz might be like everyone else seems to be now. I can’t count the # of people lately who have either recently moved away, in the process of moving away, or saying they want to get out of the Memphis area. It’s almost everyone you talk to says that these days.)

You can count me and my brother in that number of folks moving away. Lifelong West Tennesseans and 40+ year Memphian/Shelby Countians, but now we call Florida home as of May this year. I also know of several more who are looking to move away as well.

hell of a 1st post since 2017 here.

(07-26-2023 12:32 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 12:08 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 11:23 AM)msu35 Wrote:  People are still paying attention to Calkins?

It's almost as if he's lobbying for the grizzlies to get, at a minimum, the lions share of that 350 million.

He’s only pointing out the obvious… in a negotiation between the Grizz & the UofM, the university has far less leverage.

Sure, but there are still other 'obviouses' that you can focus on depending on the point you want to advance. You can start your column by saying the University of Memphis isn't going anywhere. In essence what Memphis needs or wants really doesn't matter all that much. Or choose to focus on the obvious need for a major Liberty bowl upgrade. Or the even more obvious statement that if we don't improve the Liberty bowl significantly we all can kiss any chance of joining a p5 conference goodbye.

(07-26-2023 03:26 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 12:40 PM)Garstiger Wrote:  (Grizz might be like everyone else seems to be now. I can’t count the # of people lately who have either recently moved away, in the process of moving away, or saying they want to get out of the Memphis area. It’s almost everyone you talk to says that these days.)

You can count me and my brother in that number of folks moving away. Lifelong West Tennesseans and 40+ year Memphian/Shelby Countians, but now we call Florida home as of May this year. I also know of several more who are looking to move away as well.

hell of a 1st post since 2017 here.

He's not wrong. The thugs are running the show in Memphis and the good citizens want to get away from it.

(07-26-2023 12:31 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  Grizz might be like everyone else seems to be now. I can’t count the # of people lately who have either recently moved away, in the process of moving away, or saying they want to get out of the Memphis area. It’s almost everyone you talk to says that these days.

This city is dead. It’s sad.

(07-26-2023 04:46 PM)southpaw1 Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 03:26 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-26-2023 12:40 PM)Garstiger Wrote:  (Grizz might be like everyone else seems to be now. I can’t count the # of people lately who have either recently moved away, in the process of moving away, or saying they want to get out of the Memphis area. It’s almost everyone you talk to says that these days.)

You can count me and my brother in that number of folks moving away. Lifelong West Tennesseans and 40+ year Memphian/Shelby Countians, but now we call Florida home as of May this year. I also know of several more who are looking to move away as well.

hell of a 1st post since 2017 here.

He's not wrong. The thugs are running the show in Memphis and the good citizens want to get away from it.

And the city leadership seems fine with it.