About the new stadium...

[tiger7_88]

12 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

i have seen atlantas new stadium up close and it is a beauty

Externally? Its a monstrosity of angles forming a huge shiny anus.  It really, really is that ugly IMO.

Inside?  Its a damned work of art.

[The Pieyed Piper]

5 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Externally? Its a monstrosity of angles forming a huge shiny anus.  It really, really is that ugly IMO.

Inside?  Its a damned work of art.

for some season I think they built Mechagodzilla right in front of us.

[UpstatePanther]

1 hour ago, bull123 said:

Understand your bias on this, but stadium needs to be uptown Charlotte

At least you understand 

[HooverWalls45]

5 minutes ago, bull123 said:

lots of Panther fans in SC & rightfully so...football is king down there with SC & Clemson...bet there are more Panther fans in Greenville or Columbia than there are in Raleigh

Maybe, maybe not..but they're also closer to Charlotte than Raleigh is, and Raleigh has a pro hockey team that seems to do really well up there.

It's a big mistake to take a stadium out of uptown charlotte.  The infrastructure with the light rail and surrounding restaurants are fantstic.  It makes for a great game day experience.

[mc52beast]

This is what happens to every taxpayer in every city that has a pro team of any kind... the owner says he/she needs money and if they don’t get it they threaten to go somewhere else.

 

One thing that better be on his “ to-do” list is getting rid of that fugging Shield 

[UpstatePanther]

17 minutes ago, HooverWalls45 said:

The infrastructure with the light rail and surrounding restaurants are fantstic.  It makes for a great game day experience.

you cant get much better infrastructure than next to a major interstate, only a couple miles from interchanges with a loop and another major interstate. as for the light rail, from what I understand, they are already planning a southern extension of the Blue Line which will run within a couple miles of the proposed state-line site. It wouldn't be difficult to install a loop to the stadium for easy access to the line.

you have a point about restaurants, but both them and  hotels necessary for a potential Super Bowl bid would most certainly spring up in the real estate surrounding a pro football stadium and a major theme park.

Trust me, I understand the desire to keep the stadium in uptown. I'm nostalgic over the Vault. It will be bittersweet whenever a new stadium IS built. I just think it makes too much sense to put a new stadium down on the border to not entertain the thought.

[Nails]

43 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

This is what happens to every taxpayer in every city that has a pro team of any kind... the owner says he/she needs money and if they don’t get it they threaten to go somewhere else.

 

One thing that better be on his “ to-do” list is getting rid of that fugging Shield 

New Orleans, the city, obviously has more issues far more pressing than Charlotte, and those guys continue to play in a stadium built in the early 70s.

[pnthrs]

17 minutes ago, UpstatePanther said:

you cant get much better infrastructure than next to a major interstate, only a couple miles from interchanges with a loop and another major interstate. as for the light rail, from what I understand, they are already planning a southern extension of the Blue Line which will run within a couple miles of the proposed state-line site. It wouldn't be difficult to install a loop to the stadium for easy access to the line.

you have a point about restaurants, but both them and  hotels necessary for a potential Super Bowl bid would most certainly spring up in the real estate surrounding a pro football stadium and a major theme park.

Trust me, I understand the desire to keep the stadium in uptown. I'm nostalgic over the Vault. It will be bittersweet whenever a new stadium IS built. I just think it makes too much sense to put a new stadium down on the border to not entertain the thought.

Think about the surrounding area of the Vault in 1995.  Closest restaurant and bar was over by the (nonexistent) epicenter other than a couple strange ones.  Blue line didn't exist.  485 was just starting (help me here)? Point is that the SC/NC border will be threatened because it is viable from a cost perspective and will have the most expandable area for revenue generation.  Once the announcement is made it would probably be 3 years before construction is complete allowing for development and within a decade will be a vibrant area with easy transportation to and from uptown.  

 

I am all in favor of keeping the stadium in place but if it needs a tear dow in 10-15 years I don't know what we will realistically do.  We can't go back to Clemson for a few years lol.  

[Squirrel]

3 minutes ago, pnthrs said:

Think about the surrounding area of the Vault in 1995.  Closest restaurant and bar was over by the (nonexistent) epicenter other than a couple strange ones.  Blue line didn't exist.  485 was just starting (help me here)? Point is that the SC/NC border will be threatened because it is viable from a cost perspective and will have the most expandable area for revenue generation.  Once the announcement is made it would probably be 3 years before construction is complete allowing for development and within a decade will be a vibrant area with easy transportation to and from uptown.  

 

I am all in favor of keeping the stadium in place but if it needs a tear dow in 10-15 years I don't know what we will realistically do.  We can't go back to Clemson for a few years lol.  

You had 77 85 and 277. They could do like the bears did with Soldiers field. 

 

Really need to get the light rail built to the airport.  Have they even talked about one up to Mooresville area? That would help too. 

[UpstatePanther]

11 minutes ago, pnthrs said:

but if it needs a tear dow in 10-15 years I don't know what we will realistically do.  We can't go back to Clemson for a few years lol.  

I have an idea for that one too.

Carolinas college stadium tour!

[Jens]

I have problem seeing a new stadium as a threat to move the team. What other market is available that is big enough to support an NFL team ?

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

On 5/18/2018 at 8:58 AM, tiger7_88 said:

Externally? Its a monstrosity of angles forming a huge shiny anus.  It really, really is that ugly IMO.

Inside?  Its a damned work of art.

Arseface is the builder of Falcons new dome and that is why it has that look.

[Nails]

1 hour ago, Jens said:

I have problem seeing a new stadium as a threat to move the team. What other market is available that is big enough to support an NFL team ?

Smart man.  There aren’t any that 

a)have 15+million people in two football crazed states 

b)are perfectly located within a two hour or less flight of 60% of the US population 

c)will help publicly fund a $1.5 billion stadium

 

 

[grateflday]

On 5/18/2018 at 8:13 AM, bull123 said:

Agreed on the PSL issue...tepper gonna have to deal with that impediment when he comes calling for cash

not buying your comments on population largely made of other team’s fans...we are way past that

Sure.. I can see the "we are way past the population being mainly other team's fans" ...... I do not necessarily agree, and think it is more prevalent here; BUT not something we could prove either way and yeah, am sure it's across the league.  I am just sometimes surprised by the amount of some of the teams that come through.  Sometimes, I'm like "gonna be nice not to have so many today at the game..... " then get to the stadium and am surrounded by them ... ie the Bills