Down to the wire: Who do you want as owner?

[SOJA]

anyone who is going to not meddle with the team nor move it and isn't a racist 

if you hit those three check marks I don't really care

[Anybodyhome]

Anyone who will include winning as a measure of success, not just profits and pocket-lining.

[pnthrs]

4 hours ago, bull123 said:

No we don’t need or want a dome

We don't want a Dome (for the most part.)  Do we need a dome is the question.  If the current trend continues of 2b stadiums being the norm then the Panthers will HAVE to get a dome to keep up.  BOA will need 200+m soon enough and if the trend of the league is toward domes stadiums and the Panthers start falling year after year behind in revenue then any owner is going to have to consider it.  I personally think the mega domes are a fad.  I think they will fall off soon enough and some of them will put the teams and cities in a mess of financial trouble but I could be wrong.  The new owner can prefer a new stadium, an open air stadium or whatever crap they spew from their mouths over the next year but the future lies in what we will have to do to keep up and stay relevant to keep the team.  

 

The other question is do you want to fall behind in order to keep our stadium "open."  Packers are a good example.  They are generally at the bottom of revenue but they keep to their tradition of open air.  It is a competitive advantage and has lots of character.  The new owner of the Panthers may not care about that even if they say something else.  Will the new owner have investors pushing him?  Maybe navarro didn't return Sabates' phone call because he doesn't want a group of stadium pushers?  Who knows but one thing is for sure - there are lots of outside factors that will be considered by a very small brain trust that has their own pockets to look out for.  We as fans can just pray.  

 

Until we get a new buyer and he begins to discuss his future plans and begins to show what kind of owner he is we will really have no idea what direction he will go in.  Lots of mis information and wild assumptions about all 3 potential buyers in this thread.  

[steven8989]

41 minutes ago, Gucceland said:

If Carolina ever wants a Super Bowl, then a dome or retractable roof stadium will be required.  Any sensible owner that plans to buy the team will want this....the fact Navarra doesn't makes me think he may not understand the politics of the NFL.  A new stadium is inevitable, so why in the world would Carolina build something that doesn't attract the Super Bowl?

I personally don't want a dome. Real football is played outside. Just because we build a dome doesn't mean we get a Super Bowl. We have to have way more hotel accommodations and parking. There is more to it than just a new stadium and I even read when they asked Rodger Godell about having a Super Bowl in Charlotte one day.

 

[steven8989]

I wish the 4th bidder that is unknown would end up being Eddie DeBartolo. That would be awesome, I just don't know if the NFL would let him own a team again. But he helped the 49ers win championships.

[Gucceland]

21 minutes ago, steven8989 said:

I personally don't want a dome. Real football is played outside. Just because we build a dome doesn't mean we get a Super Bowl. We have to have way more hotel accommodations and parking. There is more to it than just a new stadium and I even read when they asked Rodger Godell about having a Super Bowl in Charlotte one day.

 

Retractable roof is the norm in mid climates like Carolina.  Once an adequate stadium is built, the rest follows.  I don't know if you remember the Ice game played against New England about 15 years ago, when we got killed, but if you sit through a game like that, you will think differently.  It's not like Carolina gets fluffy snow when it's cold.  Normally, they get sleet and rain at around 30 degrees and no fans show up.  Carolina will never get a Super Bowl, with the possibility of these conditions.

[Nails]

17 minutes ago, Gucceland said:

Retractable roof is the norm in mid climates like Carolina.  Once an adequate stadium is built, the rest follows.  I don't know if you remember the Ice game played against New England about 15 years ago, when we got killed, but if you sit through a game like that, you will think differently.  It's not like Carolina gets fluffy snow when it's cold.  Normally, they get sleet and rain at around 30 degrees and no fans show up.  Carolina will never get a Super Bowl, with the possibility of these conditions.

The ONLY way that public funds should be used in the next decade or so for a retractable roof stadium or dome is if it means it also lures a MLB team-which of course doesn’t happen anymore with the leagues sharing venues.  Under no other scenario should the Panthers leave BOA anytime soon.

[steven8989]

23 minutes ago, Gucceland said:

Retractable roof is the norm in mid climates like Carolina.  Once an adequate stadium is built, the rest follows.  I don't know if you remember the Ice game played against New England about 15 years ago, when we got killed, but if you sit through a game like that, you will think differently.  It's not like Carolina gets fluffy snow when it's cold.  Normally, they get sleet and rain at around 30 degrees and no fans show up.  Carolina will never get a Super Bowl, with the possibility of these conditions.

We're not guaranteed a Super Bowl with a new stadium. You have to have everything hotels, parking, etc.

[App Panther]

Jake Delhomme

[Moo Daeng]

If you look at a list of recently built NFL stadiums the domes only replaced domes.  

[blueandblackattack]

For me its Navarro. The ol' standby of he's local, his father was a lifelong coach etc etc but for me, the biggest thing is he's a philanthropist. The others may say they give to charity and are philanthropists too, but none of them have done a Tedtalk before about just that topic because it means that much to him. Everyone talks, but he walks when it comes to that.

To me it's a great fit and a good image for a team that needs a fresh start in the public eye.

Schoolhouse rock -- changing status quo: Ben Navarro at TEDxCharleston

As far as Tepper goes, he's fine BUT after what another former minority owner of the Steelers (Jimmy Haslam) did to the Browns, especially on the PR side, I'm very leary of shaking that tree again for another owner, no matter how smart or successful he is.

[TPanther920]

Why is everyone salivating over the remote possibility of hosting a Super Bowl. You actually think people hanging out on the Huddle have the thousands it takes to buy nose bleed seats. Tickets are sold years in advance. And besides. If the Panthers aren't in the Super Bowl who gives a rat's ass where it is at. Those asphalt frigg'n deserts they call parking lots are miserable places to tailgate. If recent trends are any indication you wouldn't be allowed to tailgate at the Super Bowl anyway. Gotta have a place for all the limos and tour buses

[Moo Daeng]

I have no idea why anyone cares about hosting a super bowl.

[TheSpecialJuan]