And developers HATE the retail on the bottom floor... most of that (everywhere) is forced by the city because they think its a good idea, but in reality, in most places, it's a bitch to rent out/keep occupied. Not so hard near the stadium/campus (whatever the fuk "midtown" is), but if you go down 2nd Ave towards Main Street, you see that bottom floor retail/office space empty.
There's ZERO chance at building a stadium the size of the Swamp anymore for that figure - this isn't a pissant high-school stadium like Minnesota (50,000 capacity) or Tulane (30,000 capacity). It would probably cost a billion dollars or better to tear it down and build a modernized version. NFL stadiums are spending 5 billion+ now, and those are in new locations so it doesn't even include the huge cost of tearing the old one down.
Like we have in front of our big screen tvs?
Do not kid yourself, the direction UF is heading, this could be a feasible outcome.
Keep dreaming. Getting rid of the men’s rooms is what got this whole thing off the ground.
There's ZERO chance at building a stadium the size of the Swamp anymore for that figure - this isn't a pissant high-school stadium like Minnesota (50,000 capacity) or Tulane (30,000 capacity). It would probably cost a billion dollars or better to tear it down and build a modernized version. NFL stadiums are spending 5 billion+ now, and those are in new locations so it doesn't even include the huge cost of tearing the old one down.
Saying that, I'd bet Jeremy Foley could design a stadium that cheap.
