Posted on 07/20/2026 10:19:04 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
Goodell has drawn criticism on a number of fronts, with inconsistent discipline decisions and a reversal of the NFL’s stance on gambling once it was legalized among the topics which have led to scandals. Nevertheless, ownership has remained willing to extend his tenure on several occasions with minimal opposition emerging. No stumbling blocks to another deal are believed to exist.
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SHOW ME THE MONEY!
You forget they rent out these stadiums for other events.
That Taylor Swift woman had an increase on the GDP of the USA last year when she toured the world selling out multiple dates in STADIUMS around the world.
The World Cup just brought in BILLIONS in revenue to the USA. Selling out stadiums in Foxboro, Dallas, NJ, Seattle, KC, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, etc.
I do not know what FIFA paid Robert Kraft to rent the stadium that the Kraft Group owns in Foxboro, MA. I suspect it was somewhere between $50K-$100K for each of the four games they played there. That does not include all the staff required to put on an event. From concessions to security.
There is a reason why municipalities are willing to help pay for these 1-2 billion stadiums. The annual tax revenue alone is a huge economic driver.
They plan to take it off free TV and make in all a pay to watch.
College football is nothing more than NFL lite at this point. Glad I gave up on sports 20 years ago.
I won’t watch!
Actually, it has been proven time and again, that taxpayer funded stadiums do not do much for the economy as a whole for cities and it doesn’t bring in the money they claim.
*All sports suck now. About the only thing I watch is the World Series.*
Come on! The DH was put in to add offense just like football did with all it’s rule changes. Expanded playoffs. I’m out.
**So a city is threatened to have its football team leave unless it builds a 2 billion dollar stadium that will usually have 8-9 meaningful games a year, only to lose one of these to London or Rio De Janero.**
It’s called embrace the suck. Perhaps the answer is 2 teams sharing one stadium where possible like SOFI or Giants Stadium. When the Raiders are away a bigger college game could be played there-gambling risk. The college game would be on Saturday as the NFL doesn’t want competition. If TV is so big perhaps ticket sales are not so a smaller stadium for certain games would work.
Est $65M a year ? Guess that’s peanuts for the owners to increase another extension.
Let him go and get a commissioner that takes orders from the owners instead of giving orders to the owners.
Yes, about ten years ago they started having concerts at Fenway Park(1912). After the new owners remodeled the park. The biggest improvement was adding a lot more bathrooms. They will sell out multiple shows of 30K+ people. Pearl Jam played there instead of Foxboro. Fenway is in the Back Bay section of Boston. Where as Foxboro is 25 miles SW of the city. A train, bus or car ride.
Fenway is larger than Boston Garden(20K), but only half the size of Gillette(Foxboro 60K). I am sure when the Stones tour again they will come to Gillette. You have to be a pretty big act to sell out stadiums.
At least with Gillette there is more outside the stadium except parking lots. There is a whole outdoor mall with restaurants, bars, bowling ally, theater, plus the Patriots hall of fame. It is called Patriot Place. It is adjacent to the stadium. So, companies will have events there even when there is nothing going on inside the stadium.
In other news I have decided to extend my boycott of all things NFL.
I vowed to do it at least until Goodell was gone.
Here is the crash course on stadium economics.
It appears you have much to learn—these hundreds of articles may help:
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I see this here from time to time—slaves defending the rapacious ways of their masters—prisoners defending the brutality of the prison guards.
It is pathetic.
Stockholm Syndrome.
How much did she spend on airfare, hotel, eating out, etc to go from Boston to Toronto. Plus the concert tickets.
I have personally never done that. Fly somewhere else to see a show. Although, people go to Vegas all the time to see someone at Caesars or now the Sphere. My daughter and Son in law occasionally fly to some city to see TOOL. When they have one of their concerts.
I do not even want to pay the money to see Andrea Bocelli at the Boston Garden because the cheap seats are $145 each. The good seats are $250-1000 each.
I am NOT in favor of sports franchises getting money from the city/county/state.
IF some person wants to spend one billion+ for a profession sports team, they should be able to move it ANYWHERE the LEAGUE allows them to. I suspect that the NFL would have preferred if the Bills had moved to the Rogers Center in Toronto.
Bringing a NFL franchise to the largest metro area in Canada is a much smarter business move than a small market team like Buffalo. I have no idea what Erie County/NYS gave in financial breaks to keep the Bills in Orchard Park. Where I grew up.
Just like I do not blame the Raiders for moving to Las Vegas. Oakland is a SH#T hole city. If I went to Vegas, I would go to a game there. I would not if I was visiting San Fran or Oakland. I might go to a Giants baseball game because the location of that stadium.
I would think the Portland politicians would evaluate the revenue impact of having the Trailblazers in downtown Portland or not. Does it bring in enough revenue annually to pay for the tax breaks they are asking for?
As far as the owner of the Trailblazers to leverage the fact that he COULD move the team to another city. I do not blame him. He is running a business. He is trying to make the best deal he can. IF the CITY/state of OR gives him a deal that is bad for the city then they ARE STUPID. I wouldn’t blame the owner for asking for it. Blame the city council/mayor/governor for giving it to them.
I am NOT in favor of taxpayer funded stadiums, arenas or anything else. You are correct. They never pay back. However, as I just stated in another post, the team owner can TRY to leverage the potential movement of the team to another city to maximize the tax breaks they get. That is just smart business. If the government votes to GIVE them the tax breaks then the people need to blame the government representatives. Not the team owner.
On a small time basest I have see this work right here in Nashua, NH. There was an abandoned building formerly a large shoe store(Alec’s) on main street in downtown Nashua. Alec’s built a new store elsewhere in the city.
So, the city bought the two story building and spent millions remodeling it. It is now the Nashua Center for the Preforming Arts. It seats 700 people. It brings people into downtown Nashua to see a show. I saw Everclear there last summer. I have also seen Robert Cray there. They have multiple shows every week.
Every time I have gone to a show there I went to dinner before the show at one of the restaurants within walking distance to the venue. I paid for parking in the garage around the corner. Each of the shows I saw were sold out. So, 700 tickets sold. Potentially, each one of those people went out before or after the show. So, how much tax revenue was raised for the city of Nashua because there was a show there on a Thursday night? I have no idea. But I suspect quite a bit.
“IF the CITY/state of OR gives him a deal that is bad for the city then they ARE STUPID.”
You are still missing the point.
The owners bribe local officials to gain their support.
The goal of the owners is to make as much money as they can.
The goal of the politicians is to make as much money as they can.
The only stupid people are members of the public who think this is a great thing.
**One 30 year woman in my office flew to Toronto to see him in concert. As opposed to going to Fenway. Which is 15 miles from her house in the Boston suburbs. How much did she spend on airfare, hotel, eating out, etc to go from Boston to Toronto. Plus the concert tickets.**
I did it more than once. Concerts in conjunction with a sporting event. One night in Phoenix David Bowie played. The next night it was Johnny Rivers at a different venue.
Then there’s the NFL prime time schedule allowing anyone to watch they’re team while traveling. A week checking out Kitty Hawk, Roanoke, Hatteras, and Charleston with a swim an Myrtle Beach. Season opener and the niners were playing the Giants and the commentators couldn’t help but talk up that TE from Miami as the 2nd coming. Niners won btw.
Then there was a week driving around New Mexico. Monday nite was in a Santa Fe Howard Johnson’s sports bar watching Bryant Young break his leg. The 2nd half was spent in the hotel room knowing the game was lost.
Those road trips were fun. Affordable $99 flights anywhere back then combined with a rental car for a week. Sightseeing, concerts, games on the tube. Don’t forget the fine cuisine at Hooters. Life was good. It’s ok now, just more expensive.
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