Posted on 06/17/2024 1:07:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
All is not well with the Carolina Panthers, and it has nothing to do with recent years of putrid performance. Charlotte City Council will hear statements from the public on Monday about whether or not taxpayers believe $650M in revenue should be given to Tepper Sport Entertainment (TSE) to renovate Bank of America Stadium as part of a $1.3B proposal to upgrade the home of the Panthers.
Over 60 percent of residents polled disagree with the proposal, which would exchange the $650M for a 20-year guarantee that the team would not relocate from Charlotte. This “guarantee” gives TSE a 15-year out to leave in 2039 and pay “any outstanding debt” in exchange for the move. It’s the latest in a back-and-forth between North Carolina residents and David Tepper, who has seemingly done everything in his power to become the most-disliked man in professional sports since purchasing the Panthers in 2018. While there’s little doubt some good has come from Tepper’s time, like the establishment of Charlotte FC in MLS and turning the stadium into a large-scale concert venue, he’s also alienated the public time and time again by making seemingly unnecessary changes that forsake tradition in name of the bottom line.
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Hell, they and the Lions have got the same (color) uniforms now.
...oh, and Michigan Panthers have won the only championship since I was born.
...and that's a loooooooong time ago.
I love it.
Keep it simple. Good field. Good sight lines. Roof if you need it.
It used to be $200 million (in 2024 dollars) to build a stadium. Now it's $2 billion.
Kind of reminds me of the Coliseum in Rome. A beautiful tribute to those inside for the games…then the government collapsed.
I was NOT impressed by the lack of showing in St Louis when I went to see them play the evil Cowboys from the nosebleed seats (Row VV, in the corner).
At the time they were the reigning Super Bowl champions (2002), and the carpetbagging Cowboys made as much noise as the local Rams fans. We had Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Tory Holt, Isaac Bruce, Aeneas Williams, Orlando Pace.
I admit, the LA fans aren’t any better.
Still, when I was looking for the Jones dome, a local directed me to nearby Busch Stadium. St. Louis is a baseball town, and always will be.
Legalized extortion.
Even here in Dallas, if the Browns or Steelers come here, it’s pretty much 50-50 at AT&T.
At the time they were the reigning Super Bowl champions (2002)
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The Patriots were the reigning Super Bowl champions.
My apologies. Anyway, NFC champ and two years off a Championship is not nothing. More than the ST. Louis Cardinals ever did.
Those things happen in places like Nashville when liberals invade southern cities and towns.
They come here because they’re fleeing sh*tholes they created.
Saddest part is the corrupt and greedy politicians let people poke their liberal noses under the tent and before you know it, liberals take over city councils, county commissions, school boards.
Of all the destructive forces in this country, the three worst are: Wall St, liberals and corrupt politicians
“ Kind of reminds me of the Coliseum in Rome. A beautiful tribute to those inside for the games…then the government collapsed.”
Bread and circuses to entertain the masses.
I live in NC. I say send them packing. Don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out.
Same here. But I'm a transplant. So maybe I'm the wrong person to ask. But **** them!
” When we are stacked upon one another in cities, as in Europe, we shall be as corrupt as Europe “.
——Thomas Jefferson, over 200 years ago
These kinds of issues could be avoided or at least minimized if the major professional sports leagues dedicated a slice of their immense revenue to designing and financing league stadiums. The benefit to the leagues would be more orderly and less contentious development and maintenance of the stadiums that are required for them and their teams to prosper. The net effect would be to shift much of the stadium cost from local and state taxpayers.
WOW!!!
The NFL is best at that, they share revenue from their TV deal with all the networks. If they save 10% of that, each team will be able to renovate their stadium every 20 years.
Tepper is also a bad owner. There’s a pattern with these guys. Put a losing and pathetic team on the field for several years, ask for an exorbitant amount of tax money, and relocate if it doesn’t pass. Stan Kroenke, Art Modell, Al Davis, Bill Bidwell. The NFL seems to attract these grifters.
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