Attractions in Jacksonville...we need way more.

[Ken_FSU]

Might be a wildly unpopular opinion, but I don't think a Southern Rock museum is a particularly good idea. In theory, yes. In execution, no. It's a one-time visit for locals, a questionable tourist draw giving the rapidly aging audience that Southern Rock history appeals to (45-75, I'd guess), and an ethical gray area in terms of some of the iconography and "Southern Pride" mentality that I wouldn't want to closely associate with as a city. From a financial perspective, there just isn't the mainstream interest in Southern Rock like there is with the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame or Country Music Hall of Fame. I think it'd have a great first year, and then flatline.

To me, it would make more sense as exhibit space in the proposed Hard Rock Hotel (assuming it happens one day), or a Southern Rock Hall of Fame type of installation within a large live music & entertainment venue.

[thelakelander]

^Ken, you've provided a potential financial solution for "museums" of the future. Incorporating nonrevenue producing items like museum exhibits into spaces that generate revenue, that may also share a similar cultural or historical theme.