Best NFL Stadiums: A Case Study

The first and obvious option would be for billionaire owners to just pay for their own stadiums that we know they can afford. Other options include not resorting to building a new stadium every time they get a little old. Many teams like the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears have been successful in maintaining their stadiums without getting a new one, and they have two of the oldest stadiums in all of sports. Between professional baseball and the NFL there were 17 new venues built from 1994 to 2000 with an average cost of $286 million, and 66% of it came from public funding (Rappaport, Wilkerson, 2001). In the same sports and the same 6-year span, there were six renovations done to stadiums costing an average of $110 million at an 88% public funding average (Rappaport, Wilkerson, 2001). What these statistics show is that it is much more economically friendly to renovate a stadium than to build a new one, and it shows that the public is willing to put a higher percentage in helping pay for it as

Right now, there’s no nostalgic feelings or reliving memories at Heinz Field. On-campus stadiums create a unique setting, as there’s a natural relationship between football and campus life. The alums and fans that come on campus each Saturday would not only give the university a new image, but also bring in hundreds of new patrons for Oakland’s businesses. Many businesses were hurt from the lost revenue of no Panther football games when they moved in 2000; some even went out of business. Bringing football back on campus would give them a much-needed boost and could help revitalize the entire neighborhood of

The NFL landscape changed greatly Thursday as the San Diego Chargers officially relocated to Los Angeles joining the Rams. This move has been discussed for the last three years so it's not much of a surprise, but I feel terrible for the city of San Diego and their fans losing part of their identity has to be a hard pill to swallow. The Chargers owner Alex Spanos is partially to blame for this move because I don't think the invested enough in his organization to make them perennial contenders year after year.

How can you expect the St. Louis Rams to pay off their stadium in St. Louis when they can’t even get a full house to watch and support them? This is why the St. Louis Rams should move back to the 2nd most popular city in America, Los Angeles. The NFL wanted to move to L.A. so badly that "The N.F.L. claims that St. Louis always had a real shot at retaining the Rams, a claim that’s hard to believe" (Nocera 14). Not getting the support, constant losing streaks of countless seasons, and also being in financial debt. Give L.A a chance and move the Rams back to their hometown. This could spark up a revolution of winning seasons, sold out games, and superbowls. Relocate to revive the Rams

Mt. Vernon does have other things to look forward to in the town so they would never spend 5.6 million on a stadium. The booster club is only willing to buy jerseys for the team every four years, and those are varsity only jerseys. That means the freshman are wearing jerseys up to ten years old. In fact the school did its first major improvement to the field in decades. The school put in brand new bleachers into the side of a hill because they don 't want to spend the money to make a real stadium. The money for these bleachers didn 't come from the town directly either. It came from hard work of fundraising and the players and players parents doing most of the work. Bryce Cox, a Mt. Vernon lineman, drew a picture that sold for five hundred dollars. It is all going to the football program because the program is doing anything to get money for better gear and more opportunities on the football field.

As the world of technology continues to evolve, so does the need to engage and entice fans at sport and entertainment events. This is the approach the Dallas Cowboys and AT&T are taking.

Thus we can see why public money is eagerly donated. The full costs of a stadium and the damage it does to communities are often years in the future, long after the politician is known for being the hero that save our local team and has moved on to bigger and better things, now with the campaign funding of the very teams that they built homes for and the fans who continue to pay. Team owners can choose new cities but cities can’t choose new teams thanks to the leagues government-sanctioned monopolies over franchise placement, mayors for example, feel they must offer owners anything they want. “Politicians continue

Proponents of subsidizing sports stadiums is a great decision because the economic impact it will have on the community is great for two main reasons. First, sports stadiums are massive construction projects. In fact, one could compare them to a medieval cathedral in their attempts to dominate a skyline and inspire pride in one’s city And, just like these cathedrals, they are very expensive, and massive building projects that would require many years of hard painstaking labor. For example, the proposed stadium for the Los Angeles Rams in Inglewood, California, was predicted to cost $3 billion and add 22,000 construction jobs to the economy of Los Angeles, California. Although construction jobs do eventually disappear once a stadium is constructed once the games begin, so does the massive consumer spending. For example, more than 3.5 million people saw the St. Louis Cardinals play at Busch Stadium in 2015.

The Dallas Cowboys, America’s football team, one of the most well known professional football franchises in the sport’s history. The Cowboys own five super bowl titles, which were won in ’71, ’77, ’92, ’93 and ’95. They are also home to 19 renowned individuals who have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame including standout football stars Tony Dorsett, Emmit Smith, and Troy Aikman. Established in 1960, the Cowboys have been a dominating force on the field and still continue to produce to this day. Forbes wrote, “The Cowboys franchise value reaches over 1.85 billion and are listed as the third most valued sports team in the world”, (Page 1). With all of this hype and world wide recognition the powerhouse from Dallas needs a venue just as

     Possibly those who are most effected by the sport’s industry’s willingness to abandon a community are the dedicated fans. When Al Davis moved the Oakland Raiders to Los Angeles, he pulled away from some of sport’s most loyal fans and also hurt his football team. The NFL’s Colts and Cardinals have also had failures on the field since their moves. These three teams are proof that all the greed that was put into the moving of their franchises hasn’t brought them more success or in some cases less success.

Living in Memphis, TN I can really relate to this topic. I can relate to this because just a few years ago, Memphis built a stadium. The FedEx form Building this stadium has had a huge impact on the economy in Memphis. And it has helped to revitalize the down time area of the city. In this paper, I will be addressing the two following questions; what are the benefits to a town of building a new stadium? And can a new stadium revitalize a decaying section of a city?

            Taxpayers have been forced to pay for these stadiums in various ways.  People who were not part of the majority and voted "no" on new a stadium have to pay the same amount of taxes as the people

It is without any exception that the relationships between characters in any masterful piece of literature defines truly the themes which the author wishes to convey. They are the pillars on which the rest of the novel is securely built upon and is dependant on. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, she uses these relationships to create parallels and foil characters to develop and securely establish the subjects of growth and family; by doing so, she highlights the key contrasts between these characters to complicate and deepen the characterization of the main protagonists. She builds up these pairs of foil characters exquisitely to reveal the themes in her novel that firstly, the situation in which a person is found does not define their character, it is their reaction and response that determines their worth; secondly, that the concept of family is not solely dependant on blood and

In the United States, new sports stadiums are commonly seen as a vital part of the redevelopment of a city having a great economic growth with the production of jobs and a positive income builder. After this, the owners of the pro sports teams with millions and millions of dollars of subsidies for the construction of new stadiums and arenas and expect these facilities to generate economic benefits exceeding these subsidies by large margins. However, a growing body of fact indicates that professional sports facilities, and the franchises they are home to, may not be engines of economic benefit anywhere claims Sachse, “. In reality, sports franchises typically account for a very small proportion of the total economic output of the cities in which they reside.” Some economical studies on the amount of income and employment in US cities find no evidence of positive economic benefits associated with past sports facility construction and some studies find that professional sports facilities and teams have a net negative economic impact on income and employment. It just shows that these results suggest that at best, professional sports teams and facilities provide non-pecuniary benefits like civic pride, and a greater sense of community, along with consumption benefits to those attending games and following the local team in the media; at worst, residents

Hey boys, have you ever heard “real men don’t cry” because I have. You see a boy with long hair or a high voice and immediately assume they are 1. Gay or 2. A wimp. But instead of spreading this expression to your children like a disease, how about you weigh the consequences of the words that comes out of your mouth. Men from the beginning of time have felt the need to be that mainly man with big muscles and a thirst to fight that hasn’t been quenched. This simply can’t be true, notice how the boy who are sensitive are generally happier your sadness and loneliness is not something to suppress until you finally spill over. I remember hearing this phrase as a tear rolls down the cheek of a boy whose pet just passed away. Men are not defined