Atlanta bids for Florida-Georgia game

Started by Lunican, March 20, 2009, 03:10:33 PM

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mtraininjax

#15
March 21, 2009, 01:22:55 AM
FSUJax - The colorado turnout was pathetic. There were more people in the Club section bars than in the seats of the entire stadium. That was the whole reason the GBA dumped you in favor of Clemson.

Jax has 82,000 seats, maybe 84,000+ if the GBA can put seats in every space as they did for the Bama/FSU game. GA Dome only carries 72,000. So 10,000+ fans will get the shaft. Will Foley or Evans tell 5,000 fans they get the shaft because Evans wants the game an hour away?

The Hooch smells like sewage, the St. Johns is better and offers more. The beaches are down the river, the golf is better here. No one attends a game because of a skyline, and even though there are occasional fires in the spring/summer, by fall, thanks to hurricanes, we have no fires, even though ATL has snow, ice and hellacious traffic all year round.

Relax, both ADs say the game will stay here.
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

aj_fresh

#16
March 27, 2009, 10:38:01 AM
If ATL can bid for "our" game, why can't we bid for "their's"?

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,4003.0.html
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CMG22

#17
March 27, 2009, 03:18:24 PM
Quote from: mtraininjax on March 21, 2009, 01:22:55 AM
No one attends a game because of a skyline, and even though there are occasional fires in the spring/summer, by fall, thanks to hurricanes, we have no fires, even though ATL has snow, ice and hellacious traffic all year round.

Don't forget tornadoes! 
"Go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company."  --Mark Twain

David

#18
March 27, 2009, 04:29:39 PM Last Edit: March 27, 2009, 04:39:33 PM by David
Oh you mean the tornado that downed trees in cabbage town and ripped glass off their buildings downtown?






Case closed, game stays here!



heights unknown

#19
March 27, 2009, 07:16:37 PM
Calm down everyone; they need to feel like they are loved also.  I would say reciprocate it each year...i.e., one year Jax, next Atlanta, and so on and so forth.  What's the fuss?  If we do it that way then the Bulldogs have no beatching or complaints when they continue to keep losing!

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CMG22

#20
March 27, 2009, 08:01:36 PM
I believe the fuss is over the economic impact.  No?
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thelakelander

#21
March 27, 2009, 08:55:28 PM
and tradition?
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mtraininjax

#22
March 28, 2009, 01:27:55 AM
QuoteCalm down everyone; they need to feel like they are loved also.  I would say reciprocate it each year...i.e., one year Jax, next Atlanta, and so on and so forth.  What's the fuss?  If we do it that way then the Bulldogs have no beatching or complaints when they continue to keep losing!

Heights Unknown

Tradition is obviously foreign to your vocabulary.
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

heights unknown

#23
March 28, 2009, 01:52:39 AM
Wrong (mtraininjax)!!!!!!  Would love to see it stay in Jax, however, nothing ever remains or stays the same...and why should it? And...maybe it would be good to bounce it between Jax and Atlanta each year...we all know the Gators would continue on in their winning ways regardless, and, we'd be proving that point!  That is, we don't care where the Gators play ball, we (the Gators) will win and would still be the ones to beat!

Heights Unknown ;)
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heights unknown

#24
March 28, 2009, 01:55:47 AM
Quote from: CMG22 on March 27, 2009, 03:18:24 PM
Quote from: mtraininjax on March 21, 2009, 01:22:55 AM
No one attends a game because of a skyline, and even though there are occasional fires in the spring/summer, by fall, thanks to hurricanes, we have no fires, even though ATL has snow, ice and hellacious traffic all year round.

Don't forget tornadoes! 

Don't think that Jax is invulnerable to tornadoes.  That's a paltry reason not to move the game.  If that's the case then a case could be raised by Atlantans that too many Hurricanes plague Jax.

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mtraininjax

#25
March 28, 2009, 02:00:20 AM
Quotemaybe it would be good to bounce it between Jax and Atlanta each year

Economic impact of 25-30 million dollars each year, says otherwise. Saying the game belongs alternating is akin to economic suicide. jax needs this game. ATL has the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and 40+ colleges and universities. Not to mention a 20+ county economic engine.

Cut Jax some slack and let us keep the game here, and help our local economy.

Or we could send you up to Atlanta with some water and trade you and the water for our game. What do you say???????
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

David

#26
March 28, 2009, 03:14:14 AM
Quote from: heights unknown on March 28, 2009, 01:55:47 AM

Don't think that Jax is invulnerable to tornadoes.  That's a paltry reason not to move the game.  If that's the case then a case could be raised by Atlantans that too many Hurricanes plague Jax.

Heights Unknown

invulnerable to tornadoes, no. But hurricanes in late October? not so common.

Besides, even if one does strike, college kids love the hurricane parties.

It's a fact.



heights unknown

#27
March 28, 2009, 05:31:10 AM Last Edit: March 28, 2009, 05:50:29 AM by heights unknown
Quote from: mtraininjax on March 28, 2009, 02:00:20 AM
Quotemaybe it would be good to bounce it between Jax and Atlanta each year

Economic impact of 25-30 million dollars each year, says otherwise. Saying the game belongs alternating is akin to economic suicide. jax needs this game. ATL has the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and 40+ colleges and universities. Not to mention a 20+ county economic engine.

Cut Jax some slack and let us keep the game here, and help our local economy.

Or we could send you up to Atlanta with some water and trade you and the water for our game. What do you say???????

Not a problem buddy boy, believe me, I can handle the heat!  (I've experienced much worse). And anyway, I've been around the block too many times, and have been there and done that, so I would be much too valuable to offer for that so called trade, so chill out guy, there are worse things that can happen to our beloved Jax; the world won't stop turning if we alternate the FLA-GA game between Jax and Atlanta...that's all I'm saying, so relax. And anyway, it (FLA-GA game leaving Jax) probably won't happen...if our powers that be do their job. ;) ;) ;) ::)
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vicupstate

#28
March 28, 2009, 09:00:02 AM
Don't underestimate ATL's firepower in this battle.  They obviously see that Jax 's is in a relatively vulnerable position and $ talks.  The Jax business community better be ready to carry the ball on this one or that game will be in ATL.   
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ProjectMaximus

#29
April 05, 2009, 02:49:10 AM
Quote from: heights unknown on March 27, 2009, 07:16:37 PM
Calm down everyone; they need to feel like they are loved also.  I would say reciprocate it each year...i.e., one year Jax, next Atlanta, and so on and so forth.  What's the fuss?  If we do it that way then the Bulldogs have no beatching or complaints when they continue to keep losing!

Heights Unknown

I think you've confused we (Jacksonville) with we (gators). They are not synonymous. I happen to be a Jax Gator too, but this is about whats best for Jax, not the gators.
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