Quote Originally Posted by Kerry View Post
I like the idea of the football stadium being near the river but I think it makes more sense near downtown. With the existing parking garages near downtown it would reduce the need to build additional structures and would add another day of rvenue to the existing infrastructure. Since some of the lots are owned by the city the city would receives additional revenue.
Kerry, you are not alone on this football stadium issue. Can you or anyone else tell me why or how you think OKC would support a football stadium. Our state high school football isnt big enough to have a venue like this host the game, with OU's stadium so large and impressive and OSU's attempt to become more than a second tier football program, i dont think you are going to draw many games away from these several hundred million dollar venues, and if you think we need OKC bowl...i think patrick called it the homeland bowl...there is by far too many games in college football and if fort worth barely can support a bowl (which by the way, the seats were over 75% empty at) then OKC surely cant. There is too many traditional bowl games with serious sponsors that can afford to pay out 20 million to sponsor the bowl (i.e. Chick-fil-a, Outback steak house, capitol one) besides the even higher up BCS bowls. Now, on to NFL. Until OU football closes its doors, NFL will never work. Now add tulsa is on the rise and becoming a annual contender in college football mid-majors, and OSU will never win more than about 9-10 games, but they do carry a large fan support. The state of oklahoma cant support three Division 1 football programs, plus an NFL team.

So, besides all of that, what is the point of 3/4 billion football stadium? Unless Devon or Chesapeake want to foot the bill, i dont ever think it would be worth it. Even if the wrote the check for it, i still think it would be an embarrasment.