SPORTS ANCHORS, ALEXANDER RIHANNA AND JUSTIN BARNEY DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY THE
JAGS USING THAT NEW STADIUM IS
A TEMPORARY HOME.
>>JOY PURDY: JUST IN THE
TOPIC, ALL OFFSEASON FOR THE
JAGS IS WHERE WILL THEY PLAY
WHEN THE STATE NEWS
RECONSTRUCTION? OF COURSE, THE
TWO-YEAR PLAN OF THEM MOVING
OUT OF CIA BANK FIELD IS THE
PREFERRED OPTION. WE TALKED
ABOUT MOVING THEM OUT.
ORLANDO, GAINESVILLE, ALL
DAYTONA. BUT WHAT ABOUT STAY
HERE IN JACKSONVILLE? YOU’RE
RIGHT. AND
>> YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT THE
QUESTIONS HAVE KIND OF PUT THE
CART BEFORE THE HORSE IN A
SENSE. YOU KNOW, MARK LAMPING
HAS SAID IF JACKSONVILLE IS IS
HAVING TO DISCUSS WHERE
THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY GAMES
FOR 2 YEARS, THAT’S A GREAT
PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE THAT
MEANS A LEASE EXTENSION HAS
BEEN AGREED TO. BUT FANS,
MEDIA, EVERYBODY LIKES TO
DISCUSS WHERE THE TEAM PLAYER
YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY IN A
CONSTRUCTION ZONE FOR 4 YEARS,
WHICH HAS PROBABLY 200 MILLION
DOLLARS TO THE COST OF THINGS
OR ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE
THINGS OUT? SIDE OF TOWN? BUT
I’VE I’VE SAID FROM THE
BEGINNING TALKS AMONGST
OURSELVES THAT THERE MAY BE AN
OPTION RIGHT HERE IN TOWN WITH
JACK USL TO SOCCER TEAM SOCCER
FRANCHISE IS COMING INTO THE
AREA. SET TO PLAY IN THE 25 OR
26 SEASONS. AND THEY MENTIONED
LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO BUILD A 15,000 SEAT STADIUM
THAT 15,000 SEAT STADIUM GIVES
JAGUARS FANS OR THE AREA AN
OPTION. AND I THINK ALSO
BRINGS IN A GOOD POINT OF VIEW
FOR LATER ON DOWN THE LINE
WHEN THE JAGUARS WOULD BE
ADDED THAT STADIUM. IT’S A
GREAT MULTI-USE FACILITY AND
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT
JACKSONVILLE HAS LACKED FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME. LAST WEEK AT
THE JAX PRESSER, YOU ASKED
FOUNDING OWNER AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR STEVE LIVINGSTONE.
>> IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY,
IF THE JAGS COULD PLAY AT THE
JAX, YOU SAW STADIUM. HERE’S
WE WANTED TO BE A FACILITY
THAT’S GOING PLAY A PART IN
THE COMMUNITY. WE DON’T JUST
WANT BE YOU KNOW, FACILITY.
>>MARY BAER: WELL, ANOTHER
THING TO TALK ABOUT WITH THAT
IS YOU’RE KEEPING THE MONEY
RIGHT HERE. IF THE JAGS DO YOU
HAVE TO PAY THE JACKS TO SELF
OR MAYBE STADIUM RENOVATIONS
TO ADD A FEW MORE SEATS THAT
MONEY STAYING RIGHT HERE IN
TOWN. I THINK THAT’S NOTHER
OBVIOUSLY POSITIVE FOR IF THE
JAGS CAN PLAY THE NEW STADIA
SALUTE LEE. AND, YOU KNOW, I
HEAR YOU KNOW, THE DISCOUNTED
ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE DON’T WANT
YOU KNOW, IF THIS STADIUM IS
ACTUALLY IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
OR SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, IT’S
NOT A BIG TIME. MOVE FOR.
>> FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY
WANT SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE OF
A STADIUM THAT’S ALREADY
FOOTBALL READY, WHICH WOULD BE
IN GAINESVILLE OR DAYTONA IN A
SENSE OR IN ORLANDO. BUT IT
ADDRESSES A FUTURE PROBLEM,
SOMETHING THAT’S NOT BEEN IN
EXISTENCE IN A WHILE. THAT’S A
MULTI-USE FACILITY FOR
JACKSONVILLE THAT WOULD GIVE
OPTIONS TO BRING MAY BE THE
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE. THE N
A I A NATIONAL FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT’S IN PLAY
DOWN THE ROAD AT DAYTONA
MUNICIPAL. SO THE DRAWBACK OF
JACKSONVILLE SPORTS HAS BEEN
NO NO USE FACILITY IN. THIS
WOULD ADDRESS THAT WHEN THAT
USL STADIUM COMES ALONG AND
PEOPLE SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, IT
YOU CAN’T PLAY NFL GAME IN A
FOOTBALL STADIUM. THERE’S
PRECEDENT FOR THAT. I WAS ON
HER.
>>MARY BAER: AND WE TALKED
ABOUT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO
2017, THE CHARGERS THEY HAD TO
PLAY 3 SEASONS AWAY FROM THEIR
OBVIOUSLY STAY IN THOSE BEING
BUILT AND THEY PLAYED ALSO AT
A MULTI-USE FACILITY OVER IN
CALIFORNIA. RIGHT IN THE SAME
THING, DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS
PARK BECAME, YOU KNOW, STUBHUB
SENATOR BECAME DIGNITY, HEALTH
SPORTS PARK. AGAIN, THERE
PRECEDENT FOR THIS NFL OWNERS
VOTED NAY. ALLOW THAT TO
HAPPEN. A 27,000 SEAT SOCCER
STADIUM THAT THE CHARGERS
PLAYED IN FOR 3 YEARS. THEY
BUSH THAT CEDING TO 30,000. SO
WAS A SMALLER STADIUM IN NFL
BY FAR ENOUGH OWNERS WOULD
HAVE TO APPROVE THIS. BUT THE
>> ADVANTAGE OF A SOCCER
STADIUM, HOUSING JAGUARS
TEMPORARILY IS AGAIN, YOU GET
A MULTI-USE FACILITY FOR THE
FUTURE. YOU HAVE A STADIUM
THAT SEATS MORE THAN DOUBLE.
WHAT THE JACK USL FRANCHISE
HAD INITIALLY SAID. AND AGAIN,
IT KEEPS JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS,
FOOTBALL. HERE. IT’S IT’S IT’S
INTERESTING THOUGHT BEGIN.
THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR IT.
KEEPS THE JAGUARS IN TOWN. I
LIKE WAS IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE