2nd largest market. Easy math.framer wrote: ↑Aug 14, 2024It is with great regret that I must inform the group that the Rams are now the second-most valuable franchise in the NFL.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cowboys-ar ... 09027.html
F**k Stan Kroenke.
Jacksonville losing Jaguars just like St. Louis losing Rams would be a much much better proposition for Jax in my mind, That whole are around Jax stadium is dead most of the year and city has been struggling to build residential nearby along the old industrial riverfront for decades. In the meantime, I still advocate St. Louis spends Ram's settlement funds should first and foremost go to finish CVC convention phase II and gave the dome some love even if it means carrying the County's water. Convention traffic from understanding has drove a lot more hotel bookings, tax revenues and foot traffic than Ram's ever did.dweebe wrote: ↑Aug 13, 2024Jacksonville is “borrowing” money from the pensions and will “pay it back”
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/202 ... ment-plan/
That being said and getting off thread, Jaguars going to London and Chargers going to Mexico City seems like a no brainer in my NFL mind. Of course, that would require a whole new level of the billionaire club versus current ownership for both teams
That is because of that stadium. Not because the Rams are there. Kroenke could have built that stadium and made up the money from the other events.framer wrote:It is with great regret that I must inform the group that the Rams are now the second-most valuable franchise in the NFL.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cowboys-ar ... 09027.html
F**k Stan Kroenke.
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Any team that moved to LA and spent $6B on a new stadium there would now be the most valuable franchise. But owners of the Steelers, Bills, Chiefs, etc. and nearly all the other NFL franchises put their loyal fans ahead of the almighty dollar. Unlike Kroenke that the NFL leadership. Those other owners didn't take the money they earned in their home territory and spend it in LA. Kroenke not only did that, he mislead St. Louis PSL holders for years to keep us buying seats for his lousy teams to help fund his mausoleum monument to himself.
$7.79 billion value really isn't all that much more than he spent moving the team to LA when you include all the legal costs, construction, and the settlement with St Louis' lawsuit
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And the limited amount of people with an extra $7.79 billion willing to buy the team._nomad_ wrote: ↑Aug 24, 2024$7.79 billion value really isn't all that much more than he spent moving the team to LA when you include all the legal costs, construction, and the settlement with St Louis' lawsuit
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Only skimmed the video myself but thought others might be interested.
NFL screwed up so bad in the 93 expansionTrololzilla wrote: ↑Sep 20, 2024
Only skimmed the video myself but thought others might be interested.
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In ‘93, STL screwed itself because leadership couldn’t get its sh*t together.beer city wrote:NFL screwed up so bad in the 93 expansionTrololzilla wrote: ↑Sep 20, 2024
Only skimmed the video myself but thought others might be interested.
Seems to be a theme over the last few 100+ years.
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Kroenke just keeps twisting the knife:
"The Los Angeles Rams are looking to capitalize on their option to buy Rams Park in Earth City, the team's practice facility when it was located in St. Louis, for $1, according to court documents."
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... 2024-10-18
"The Los Angeles Rams are looking to capitalize on their option to buy Rams Park in Earth City, the team's practice facility when it was located in St. Louis, for $1, according to court documents."
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... 2024-10-18
Oh look, Stan Kroenke is being an a**hole again.
Twice in one week.
Twice in one week.
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It was going to be $2.4B for a 1.7 mile people mover? Over a billion per mile? And $1B of it from the feds? (us) Wouldn’t it be cheaper to pay Bezos to fly the lazy Angelinos the 1.7 miles via suborbital rocket? Or carpet a sidewalk and have sled dogs drag Angelinos in dog sleds the 1.7 miles? Or pile up a new stack of 65K dollar bills at one end every day for 100 years and see if people will just run the 1.7 miles to grab it.dweebe wrote:Oh look, Stan Kroenke is being an a**hole again.
Twice in one week.
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The cost of transit expansion in the US is getting outrageous. $1B for less than 2 miles and people think the N-S Metrolink line wouldn't be competitive?gary kreie wrote: ↑Oct 26, 2024It was going to be $2.4B for a 1.7 mile people mover? Over a billion per mile? And $1B of it from the feds? (us) Wouldn’t it be cheaper to pay Bezos to fly the lazy Angelinos the 1.7 miles via suborbital rocket? Or carpet a sidewalk and have sled dogs drag Angelinos in dog sleds the 1.7 miles? Or pile up a new stack of 65K dollar bills at one end every day for 100 years and see if people will just run the 1.7 miles to grab it.dweebe wrote:Oh look, Stan Kroenke is being an a**hole again.
Twice in one week.
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I have the rams settlement spending bill, I think it will be introduced tomorrow so you’ll have to wait for it then but these are the buckets
Bill will be by Alisa Sonnier and called 'Transform STL' Act
It’s a Jones-Green plan, it’s spends the city's $277.2M share of the Rams settlement funds on:
Water - $40M
Streets & sidewalks - $60M
Child care - $37,240,061.56
Youth opportunities - $20M
City workers - $20M
Housing - $70M
Neighborhoods - $30M
Bill will be by Alisa Sonnier and called 'Transform STL' Act
It’s a Jones-Green plan, it’s spends the city's $277.2M share of the Rams settlement funds on:
Water - $40M
Streets & sidewalks - $60M
Child care - $37,240,061.56
Youth opportunities - $20M
City workers - $20M
Housing - $70M
Neighborhoods - $30M
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That is a pretty exact amount for Child Care. Any ideas how that will be spent? Is this some investment for long term assistance?
Looks like a compromise between the Greater STL and Green's plan. It will be interesting to see how much of the money is invested in downtown specifically and if Greater STL still plans to match it.
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I believe when the priorities above were allocated their funds in round numbers, the final allocation was for child care and it got what was left.STLCityMike wrote: ↑Dec 11, 2024That is a pretty exact amount for Child Care. Any ideas how that will be spent? Is this some investment for long term assistance?
Priority will be given to city workers
Thanks for posting as I was wondering what was behind the biz journals paywall and respective bucketsdbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Dec 10, 2024I have the rams settlement spending bill, I think it will be introduced tomorrow so you’ll have to wait for it then but these are the buckets
Bill will be by Alisa Sonnier and called 'Transform STL' Act
It’s a Jones-Green plan, it’s spends the city's $277.2M share of the Rams settlement funds on:
Water - $40M
I think most are pretty clear and a good portion will be infrastructure related; hopefully between sidewalks & streets, housing and neighborhoods you could see some noticeable physical improvements as a long term investment. I take Neighborhoods bucket as each council member ability to put money into respective jurisdiction and they pick even more sidewalks to repair, streets to repair and trees to plant. Which hopefully frees up for some solid downtown investment from the other funds.
Curious though on water bucket? For some reason I thought water and sanitary was provided via separate utility so trying to understand where this bucket fits in, where the money will go.
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If this is true and passes, it will rival the Disney downtown park as city’s most missed opportunities. Absolutely ridiculous. Completely DEI-centric, and nothing towards economic growth or downtown progress. Vote these stupid bisches out ASAP.
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City has its own Water Division, it and the airport as its two most valuable assets. The City actually sales a small portion excess water capacity to St.Charles City for about $1,000,000 a year and we still have another twice as much capacity as needed.dredger wrote: ↑Dec 11, 2024Thanks for posting as I was wondering what was behind the biz journals paywall and respective bucketsdbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Dec 10, 2024I have the rams settlement spending bill, I think it will be introduced tomorrow so you’ll have to wait for it then but these are the buckets
Bill will be by Alisa Sonnier and called 'Transform STL' Act
It’s a Jones-Green plan, it’s spends the city's $277.2M share of the Rams settlement funds on:
Water - $40M
I think most are pretty clear and a good portion will be infrastructure related; hopefully between sidewalks & streets, housing and neighborhoods you could see some noticeable physical improvements as a long term investment. I take Neighborhoods bucket as each council member ability to put money into respective jurisdiction and they pick even more sidewalks to repair, streets to repair and trees to plant. Which hopefully frees up for some solid downtown investment from the other funds.
Curious though on water bucket? For some reason I thought water and sanitary was provided via separate utility so trying to understand where this bucket fits in, where the money will go.