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New Falcons Stadium fly-through, looks the part
& still beating up on the Bucks I see...
& still beating up on the Bucks I see...
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Very novel, left-field idea....
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Dolphins adding 32 “living rooms” to Sun Life Stadium
Posted by Josh Alper on February 5, 2015, 3:22 PM EST
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In recent years, there’s been debate among NFL teams about the best ways to incorporate things people like about watching games at home into the stadium experience so that they can continue to get people to pay money for tickets.
The Dolphins think they’ve hit on one way to do that. They plan to bring the living room to the stadium. As part of their $400 million renovation of Sun Life Stadium, the team is installing 32 “living rooms” in the lower bowl of the stadium that come in groups of four with 30-inch wide recliners and an 18-inch television in front of each seat.
“We’re out to give a fan the very best seat and the very best experience they could possibly have,” Dolphins president and CEO Tom Garfinkel, via ESPN.com. “There are enough people in this marketplace that, if you can do that, [you] don’t care what it costs.”
The costs are significant. Each group of four costs $75,000 for the season and there are options for bigger TVs that can drive the price higher, although the payout does cover access to food, drink, a lounge, a separate entrance and “a mini garbage to throw things out.” Garfinkel said he expects the seats to sell out and generate a waiting list among those eager to shell out big bucks for things they likely already have at home.
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Dolphins adding 32 “living rooms” to Sun Life Stadium
Posted by Josh Alper on February 5, 2015, 3:22 PM EST
In recent years, there’s been debate among NFL teams about the best ways to incorporate things people like about watching games at home into the stadium experience so that they can continue to get people to pay money for tickets.
The Dolphins think they’ve hit on one way to do that. They plan to bring the living room to the stadium. As part of their $400 million renovation of Sun Life Stadium, the team is installing 32 “living rooms” in the lower bowl of the stadium that come in groups of four with 30-inch wide recliners and an 18-inch television in front of each seat.
“We’re out to give a fan the very best seat and the very best experience they could possibly have,” Dolphins president and CEO Tom Garfinkel, via ESPN.com. “There are enough people in this marketplace that, if you can do that, [you] don’t care what it costs.”
The costs are significant. Each group of four costs $75,000 for the season and there are options for bigger TVs that can drive the price higher, although the payout does cover access to food, drink, a lounge, a separate entrance and “a mini garbage to throw things out.” Garfinkel said he expects the seats to sell out and generate a waiting list among those eager to shell out big bucks for things they likely already have at home.
If it had a roof there's no reason it can't hold the final 4 ncaa tournament.
MLS perhaps?
MLS perhaps?
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I get dizzy from shaking my head at my team, I really do. Couldn't they just stay home if they want that experience?
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It's pretty silly, hey? And you're paying an exorbitant amount for that "living room" when you already have a living room at home.
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Can't sleep there tho. And only 8 times a year you can use it, for 3-4 hours each time.Living room for $75,000 vs house for $500,000
Can be a season ticket holder for 6 years for the same price as a house!
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Only in Miami!!Depends.
I know Arsenal sell 'superboxes' for a year and you have free access to it outside of gameday for work functions and the like.
Perhaps Miami are doing the same where you can have friends and family over on thanksgiving or something?
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Thought it was relevant to repost this here too.....cgi animation of the proposed carson stadium.
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Manish Mehta @MMehtaNYDN 1h1 hour ago
Houston officials plan to turn the Astrodome into an indoor park http://nydn.us/1MHSncq
Houston officials plan to turn the Astrodome into an indoor park http://nydn.us/1MHSncq
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Halfway Home: Guided Tour Of The New Stadium
With the new Vikings stadium now 50 percent complete, the local media was recently given a guided and detailed tour going both inside and outside the facility to show the amazing progress that's been made over the last year or so.
Click the link in the title to watch the videos....
With the new Vikings stadium now 50 percent complete, the local media was recently given a guided and detailed tour going both inside and outside the facility to show the amazing progress that's been made over the last year or so.
Click the link in the title to watch the videos....
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Speaking of 50%.....
Falcons stadium gets even more expensive
Posted by Mike Florio on April 14, 2015, 2:03 PM EDT
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Construction projects often go over budget. But not usually by 50 percent.
That’s what has happened in Atlanta, where the projected cost of the team’s new stadium have increased from $1 billion to $1.5 billion.
The news came not through any formal announcement, but via comments from owner Arthur Blank during a panel discussion at the Rotary Club of Atlanta, per the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Blank referred to the project as a “1.5 billion stadium” during the panel discussion, and Blank confirmed after the panel discussion that, indeed, the stadium has increased once again in expense.
It’s unclear why the costs keep going up, or whether Blank will hold anyone responsible for it with their jobs. Maybe they’ll find a way to pin this one on the original Roddy White.
Falcons stadium gets even more expensive
Posted by Mike Florio on April 14, 2015, 2:03 PM EDT
Construction projects often go over budget. But not usually by 50 percent.
That’s what has happened in Atlanta, where the projected cost of the team’s new stadium have increased from $1 billion to $1.5 billion.
The news came not through any formal announcement, but via comments from owner Arthur Blank during a panel discussion at the Rotary Club of Atlanta, per the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Blank referred to the project as a “1.5 billion stadium” during the panel discussion, and Blank confirmed after the panel discussion that, indeed, the stadium has increased once again in expense.
It’s unclear why the costs keep going up, or whether Blank will hold anyone responsible for it with their jobs. Maybe they’ll find a way to pin this one on the original Roddy White.
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Living room for $75,000 vs house for $500,000
Can be a season ticket holder for 6 years for the same price as a house!
screw that… why not invest that $$$ and add that extension to your home for a MUST HAVE 'MAN CAVe' room..
And I'd still beat Chism at pool with my crash boom bam game style.
Lights would flash when I slot the balls in the pocket..
Chism
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screw that… why not invest that $$$ and add that extension to your home for a MUST HAVE 'MAN CAVe' room..
And I'd still beat Chism at pool with my crash boom bam game style.
Lights would flash when I slot the balls in the pocket..
Yeah 1 winning game in 10 frames is still a win i suppose at the drunken bums game which is Pool/8 Ball where anyone can beat anyone.
Snooker Balls come on different story though even with your 35pt head start!
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Updated design for the Carson City project...
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Falcons hit their borrowing limit of $850 million
Posted by Mike Florio on April 28, 2015, 7:58 PM EDT
Last December, the Falcons secured permission to exceed the league limit for debt, obtaining the ability to borrow up to $850 million for its new stadium. It was unclear at the time whether the Falcons would reach that limit.
They now have.
Via D. Orlando Lebetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Falcons executive vice president and chief financial officer Greg Beadles told a state agency on Tuesday that the Falcons will borrow the full $850 million to pay for the new stadium.
The debt has increased as the cost of the venue that looks like a futuristic change purse has grown from $1 billion to $1.2 bill to $1.4 billion to, most recently, $1.5 billion. Which means that the stadium in which the team will play likely will cost more than the team that will play there is worth.
Posted by Mike Florio on April 28, 2015, 7:58 PM EDT
Last December, the Falcons secured permission to exceed the league limit for debt, obtaining the ability to borrow up to $850 million for its new stadium. It was unclear at the time whether the Falcons would reach that limit.
They now have.
Via D. Orlando Lebetter of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Falcons executive vice president and chief financial officer Greg Beadles told a state agency on Tuesday that the Falcons will borrow the full $850 million to pay for the new stadium.
The debt has increased as the cost of the venue that looks like a futuristic change purse has grown from $1 billion to $1.2 bill to $1.4 billion to, most recently, $1.5 billion. Which means that the stadium in which the team will play likely will cost more than the team that will play there is worth.
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Vikings kicking in more cash for stadium
Posted by Mike Florio on May 16, 2015, 10:53 AM EDT
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Like the new stadium in Atlanta, the new stadium in Minnesota keeps going more and more over budget. Unlike the new stadium in Atlanta, the new stadium in Minnesota is increasing in cost not by hundreds of millions of dollars but only by tens of millions.
Via the Associated Press, the Vikings will kick in another $14 million to the project, most of which will pay for more than 2,000 HDTV monitors to be installed in the venue.
The Vikings and the NFL will now pay $566 million of the $1 billion structure. The private contribution has increased by $89 million since the stadium project began in 2012.
In contrast, the stadium in Atlanta started at $1 billion and has increased by 50 percent, to $1.5 billion.
Posted by Mike Florio on May 16, 2015, 10:53 AM EDT
Like the new stadium in Atlanta, the new stadium in Minnesota keeps going more and more over budget. Unlike the new stadium in Atlanta, the new stadium in Minnesota is increasing in cost not by hundreds of millions of dollars but only by tens of millions.
Via the Associated Press, the Vikings will kick in another $14 million to the project, most of which will pay for more than 2,000 HDTV monitors to be installed in the venue.
The Vikings and the NFL will now pay $566 million of the $1 billion structure. The private contribution has increased by $89 million since the stadium project began in 2012.
In contrast, the stadium in Atlanta started at $1 billion and has increased by 50 percent, to $1.5 billion.
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A look at some of the technological upgrades at the new Vikings stadium.
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More seats removed from FedEx Field
Posted by Mike Florio on June 1, 2015, 10:06 PM EDT
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Not long ago, more than 200,000 people were waiting to purchase season tickets at FedEx Field. Now, the team is waiting for them to come back.
In the interim, Washington has reduced the capacity of its home stadium three times in five years. According to Dan Steinberg and Scott Allen of the Washington Post, “thousands” have seats once again have been ripped out of the venue that once was the biggest in the league.
Via Steinberg and Allen, the team said in a statement that the changes are “part of an overall plan based on season ticket holder feedback,” and that details will be unveiled shortly. Steinberg and Allen estimate that another 6,000 seats have been removed. For 2014, capacity at FedEx Field was listed at 85,000.
With the blackout policy suspended for 2015 (and presumably gone forever), it’s no longer as important to shrink stadium size to intersect with demand. But if the demand has taken a permanent dip given the gap between the experience of watching the game at home and venturing to a venue that looks and feels a lot older than 18, it makes sense to shrink capacity, in advance of imploding the whole thing.
Posted by Mike Florio on June 1, 2015, 10:06 PM EDT
Not long ago, more than 200,000 people were waiting to purchase season tickets at FedEx Field. Now, the team is waiting for them to come back.
In the interim, Washington has reduced the capacity of its home stadium three times in five years. According to Dan Steinberg and Scott Allen of the Washington Post, “thousands” have seats once again have been ripped out of the venue that once was the biggest in the league.
Via Steinberg and Allen, the team said in a statement that the changes are “part of an overall plan based on season ticket holder feedback,” and that details will be unveiled shortly. Steinberg and Allen estimate that another 6,000 seats have been removed. For 2014, capacity at FedEx Field was listed at 85,000.
With the blackout policy suspended for 2015 (and presumably gone forever), it’s no longer as important to shrink stadium size to intersect with demand. But if the demand has taken a permanent dip given the gap between the experience of watching the game at home and venturing to a venue that looks and feels a lot older than 18, it makes sense to shrink capacity, in advance of imploding the whole thing.
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Silverdome can be yours for only $30 million
Posted by Mike Florio on June 12, 2015, 8:45 AM EDT
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An autographed urinal from the Pontiac Silverdome recently went for $3,000. The rest of the building can be had for slightly more money.
Via JC Reindl of the Detroit Free Press, the dilapidated Silverdome and its surrounding 127 acres landed on the market several weeks ago with an asking price of $30 million. That would be a healthy profit for its current owner, who bought it in 2009 from the City of Pontiac for only $583,000.
The sale price has been described as “flexible” (the asking price for real estate almost always is), and two offers already have been made.
The current owner had planned to revitalize the venue, saying it never would be sold. Instead, the roof ripped away during a 2013 storm, and a 2014 auction of the building’s contents (including the urinal later signed by Barry Sanders) generated $500,0000.
Per the report, most of the prospective buyers would tear down the Silverdome and redevelop the area. Given the current state of the structure, that’s hardly a surprise.
Posted by Mike Florio on June 12, 2015, 8:45 AM EDT
An autographed urinal from the Pontiac Silverdome recently went for $3,000. The rest of the building can be had for slightly more money.
Via JC Reindl of the Detroit Free Press, the dilapidated Silverdome and its surrounding 127 acres landed on the market several weeks ago with an asking price of $30 million. That would be a healthy profit for its current owner, who bought it in 2009 from the City of Pontiac for only $583,000.
The sale price has been described as “flexible” (the asking price for real estate almost always is), and two offers already have been made.
The current owner had planned to revitalize the venue, saying it never would be sold. Instead, the roof ripped away during a 2013 storm, and a 2014 auction of the building’s contents (including the urinal later signed by Barry Sanders) generated $500,0000.
Per the report, most of the prospective buyers would tear down the Silverdome and redevelop the area. Given the current state of the structure, that’s hardly a surprise.
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Great
Now we have a Mercedes-Benz Stadium to go along with the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
WHY
Hate it.
Now we have a Mercedes-Benz Stadium to go along with the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
WHY
Hate it.
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Camden Yards reduces neighboring business:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...des-baltimore-as-camden-reality-lags-promises
Cincinnati stadium deal killing city
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-12-18/cincinnati-stadiums-bury-county-government-in-debt
Harvard study on cities that pay for teams
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...xpayers-extra-10-billion-harvard-s-long-finds
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...des-baltimore-as-camden-reality-lags-promises
Cincinnati stadium deal killing city
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-12-18/cincinnati-stadiums-bury-county-government-in-debt
Harvard study on cities that pay for teams
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...xpayers-extra-10-billion-harvard-s-long-finds
