LA Stadium clears hurdle, but it's still not time to panic

don’t forget about the Vikings maybe moving to L.A. as well.

hear more LA jaguars, butI hope Oakland or San Diego will move to there. We will see.
Thanks for the article John!

No matter what we say here, Jacksonville will always find an excuse not to buy tickets. It’s only a matter of time before they’re gone. Better enjoy em while you can. The fan base as a whole is lazy and cheap. It may not be that way, but perception is reality.

but at the end of the day, the stadium won’t break ground until a team commits. The NFL isn’t going to bother with figuring out which team makes the most sense this offseason as they deal with the upcoming CBA negotiations and the following offseason they will be trying to avoid a work stoppage.

Before a team picks up and moves here, there will be a new CBA. That CBA will determine which team moves here. The new financial model outlined in the CBA will either place a premium on outstanding, modern stadiums with the premium seating that accompanies it or it will make teams more self-sufficient and place a premium on tickets sold, corporate support and sponsorships. If the new CBA outlines a business model that places a premium on the second, the Jags could very well be on the way out here, but until the CBA negotiations commence and we get an idea as to where the league is going, speculation as to who will move will remain just that.

Well done. Very encouraging. Jacksonville, If you can afford tickets, buy them. If you can’t, so be it. We will eventually get this thing turned around. I can’t afford the tickets. But I won’t miss a game. I make it happen. Those of you who want to trumpet Jacksonville’s inevitable loss of the team…well I think that is premature. If you yourself are not going to the games, yet you’re still talking trash about this situation, you are a hypocrite. Be ashamed, and be silent. Help to find a positive solution to an issue, or you are a part of the issue. Eventually a solution will be found and you’ll look like a prattling, worried old lady.

I was reading around the net & heard that Arena Football was coming back & was surprised to see Jacksonville listed as a place listed to have a team. This is intriguing considering our concerns of the Jaguars leaving town. Something to think about…

Jacksonville got caught in a perfect storm of destructive elements coming together … a tumbling economy, the personnel fallout of the Shack era, the extraordinary success of the Gators, and pathetically unimaginative marketing on the part of the Jaguars. The economy is bouncing back and in two years will not be an issue. Gene Smith and JDR have us back on the right path in terms of personnel, with exciting young players of character. The Gators will always be an issue, maybe a little less so when Tebow (and maybe Meyer?) leaves. And the marketing exec to whom Wayne is being loyal will retire soon, giving the Jags a chance to upgrade in that area.

If our owner wants to cash out and sell to someone who will move the team there is nothing we can do, but I believe Wayne cares about doing the right thing for this city, I believe he assumes most of the blame for what has happened, and I believe, with great passion, that we are going to be fine. Better than fine. Super Bowl contenders with a rockin’ stadium full of Jagophiles.

And I believe we should all chip in and send Zoltan an airline ticket so he attend a game in person!

Terrible football city, not to mention the whole place is going to slide into the drink soon.

to save your team NOW. dont wait till the fourth quarter! make petitions, encourage others to show support… do what you can. cause once it’s gone… it’s gone. we were extremely lucky to get another team. and when we didnt have football, it felt like you lose your identity as a city. and considering you guys have no basketball team or baseball team to fall back on, unless you like the butts or the fins, you’re essentially assed out.

Win or loose, if the people of Jacksonville want to stay on the national map, they must attend games or there will be no team to even talk about on Monday morning anymore. Businesses will no longer look to Jacksonville as a serious location. If the fans and this city have really given up on this team already, then I say let them move. It’s not the team’s fault that they are not being supported by the people of this city. I drive to EVERY game from Cocoa Beach because I was born and raised in Jacksonville and the Jaguars are my team, win or lose. It’s a 2 and a half our drive, but I do it without hesitation. There is no place that I would rather be than in my original home town, with my family, watching the team that I grew up watching. However, if the people who live in Jacksonville, less than 20 or 30 minutes away from the stadium, can’t support this team in their own city, then I wish the Jaguars organization and their generous owner, Wayne Weaver, all the success in their new location. The excuses have been anything and everything, any excuse that anyone can come up with. How good was the economy in 03 – 07? And we still had ticket sales issues. Not to this extent, but the problems were there, and not economically related.

I just read that JTA is planning on putting a railway system throughout Jacksonville. This is after a consultant firm determined it was needed in order to meet the growth demands. Not only will this help the Jaguars in removing a barrier some fans have in getting to games, it shows that Jacksonville is on it’s way to solidifying itself as a true metropolitan city.

IMO a city on the rise creates a greater fanbase than an already established city because in a growth city, it becomes a part of the culture as opposed to an established one like LA, where it can be easily tossed aside for many of LA’s alternatives.

Word is bond

Per Jacksonville.com

As speculation over a possible Jacksonville Jaguars exit builds, the city has identified about $5 million a year that can be used to pay for needed maintenance at the Sports Complex — primarily Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-09-29/story/convention_center_funds_may_be_diverted_to_football_stadium_sports_compl

Maybe they could change out the seats to wider ones to increase the comfort & decrease the seating capacity in the Stadium… Just a thought for us Season-Ticket Holders. =)

I’ve been to the Chargers stadium and it is heinous. If they don’t get a new stadium soon, they will be out of there.