Mexico City, London and Toronto also want NFL teams. Think Hartford really has a chance over them?Laugh all you want but if Connecticut doesn't move forward, it will become part of the rust belt where billions of dollars a year will go to pay for welfare, and Hartford can rival Chicago for the most murders in the nation. We can build new prisons for all of the convicts. I can see an empty Aetna HQ, an empty space where the XL Center now stands, and most other businesses leaving for Florida or Boston -- within a few years.
On the other hand, for perhaps about $4 billion, we can turn Hartford into an entertainment, restaurant, convention and sports capital, with Disney and MGM taking part in the city's renaissance. For about the same amount we can upgrade and expand Bradley airport, connect it with downtown Hartford with decent modern rail service, and line the train route with small and medium sized high tech companies that will draw younger IT workers. UConn will be a key asset to make this work, and in the process UConn will become a top 10, research-driven AAU university. The tax revenue will make this work in the long run. I know which one I prefer.
Dave Ramsey In a nutshell - live like an animal, don't enjoy anything, and count your money in retirement. Total quack.I'm guessing this kid is in 8th grade. Billion, million and trillion are not the same, to some maybe because 1 is just as far out of reach as the other. I suggest the Dave Ramsey plan, save 15% of your allowance and cash flow the whole thing as a favor to the state. You can do it, anything is possible in your world.
Where's Scott Grey?
No attack Waq....but this is as silly as the OP...........I still don't believe that to be true. Kraft would have gotten the best deal in history and really didn't end up with more than what he left on the table. Rowland blew it.
OMG, this would be so cool!!Might as well throw in a full-size replica of the Mark Twain house, built entirely out of Legos.
Might as well throw in a full-size replica of the Mark Twain house, built entirely out of Legos.
There is(was) already a scale model at BDL. It's pretty big and detailed, but certainly not "full-size."OMG, this would be so cool!!
That is why it would make more sense to have a covered stadium that can be used for conventions, trade shows, basketball, ice hockey, concerts etc., as well as football. It is more expensive, but it would be used more frequently and generate more revenue.I'm pretty sure that it was either Nate Silver or someone else of the FanGraphs ilk that wrote a piece detailing how a "downtown" stadium had little to no economic on the surrounding area. The only people that lose were the tax payers and the only people that win were the owners.
This notion that a new basketball arena or even more insanely idiotic a new football stadium would cause an economic boom to Hartford that would come anywhere close to offsetting the sticker price of a new stadium is far fetched and based in reality only in message boards.
This is a quick article about the premise from a professor at Stanford (tied #5 in National Universities by US News FYI).
Sports stadiums don't spur economic growth, Stanford expert says
That is why it would make more sense to have a covered stadium that can be used for conventions, trade shows, basketball, ice hockey, concerts etc., as well as football. It is more expensive, but it would be used more frequently and generate more revenue.
Most key cities have at least one of these. There are often multiple venues.There is a brand new convention center in Hartford....
Most key cities have at least one of these. There are often multiple venues.
Hartford is not a major conference center. See
Cvent's Top 50 Meeting Destinations in the United States
We have a fantasy fiction board. It’s called conference realignment.
Can we move this there? It’s a nice side dish for the Dood or sy.
I watched the State Police arrest a woman who decided to vandalize it one morning...made the flight delay entertaining.There is(was) already a scale model at BDL. It's pretty big and detailed, but certainly not "full-size."
The NFL's Panthers are up for sale. Could the team be purchased by a group who move the team to Connecticut. Then UConn and the Panthers could share a stadium. The local newspaper said there is no guarantee the team will stay in North Carolina. I know it was previously discussed that the Patriots were going to move to Hartford, but that sure fell apart. Still, Hartford would benefit economically if a pro football team locates there.
Will city’s ‘hard tether’ keep Panthers in Charlotte? Not necessarily.