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In Assessing Chargers Options, Do Cost Comparisons
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That's why we will draw the line and start a new page. If you think about it the Chargers have no real leverage here . What are they gonna do if a new stadium is not provided? Hold their breath? To say that they can go elsewhere is fallacy Grande. They can't for a number of reasons. So, that's it. The City has the upper hand here. Whether the city realizes such it's another story.— May 26, 2011 2:45 p.m.
In Assessing Chargers Options, Do Cost Comparisons
Got it. Jerry's World was an overload, no doubt. It would be the equivalent of going to the auto dealer for a brand that has a manufacturer's suggested price of 50 and walking out of the dealeship having paid 100 just because...— May 26, 2011 10:16 a.m.
In Assessing Chargers Options, Do Cost Comparisons
I have no idea why the conversation has morphed into cost of stadia and associated comparisons. The issue here is very simple: Does the Charger football owner have option to move to LA? The answer is a thunderous NO. (take it from Zeus). And anyone who believes that the owner does has fallen victim of misinformation and acute propaganda. Therefore what the Chargers (ownership) want or don't want is irrelevant. What they get is what they have. A place to play at the Q. If the condition of the Q is a problem then the team needs to negotiate a new rent with the city in the neighborhood of $10 Mi./year and then armed with the new contract and the naming rights the city will do the rest. The very idea that the Chargers can dictate terms here is beyond laughable. It's absurd to even talk about it. The only entity capable of laying down terms is the city. Anyone who tells you otherwise is perhaps not a good practitioner of the negotiation process.— May 26, 2011 8:32 a.m.
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Hey Tom: I have both build stadia and looked at projects that never made it beyond paper. As with everything in life you can pay inflated prices up to the limits of your unsophistication. Skilled professionals know how to buy services and how to take advantage of flactuating material and labor costs. And they hire the best in the business to guide their decisions in pricing based on multiple competing offers. The stadia costs you are showing are a testimony of stupidity and lack of professional skills in execution. And I don't know why, but here in the US we are particularly prone of paying exaggerated prices for large scale/public character projects. Go to Germany, England, Europe and we can find a plethora of state-of-the art stadia for the right price.— May 26, 2011 5:22 a.m.
In Assessing Chargers Options, Do Cost Comparisons
The Dallas stadium was loaded with everything imaginable. It has at least a 30% premium over a "normal" NFL stadium. I like the Galaxy too, but I liked the Rose Bowl as well.— May 26, 2011 5:04 a.m.
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These are BS overinflated US numbers. We are suckers in this country that's why. Go to Europe and see the cost of state-of-the art stadia. And learn something in the process.— May 26, 2011 5 a.m.
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Soccer stadia cost about $2,000 per seat. Football stadia around $12,000 per seat.— May 25, 2011 8:29 p.m.
In Assessing Chargers Options, Do Cost Comparisons
Soccer stadia are a completely differenat animal. Any sports architect can tell you what is the per seat cost for each different sport.— May 25, 2011 8:01 p.m.
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...inexpensive— May 25, 2011 7:57 p.m.