Miami Dolphins to Los Angeles?

[Air Nikes N Hats]

The ripple effects of Jeffrey Loria's swindle....can't blame the politicians. Loria made them all look bad, and they don't want a repeat.

 

[the next guy]

They're threatening to move the team unless they get public money for the stadium. And it's something they can clearly do themselves.


This stadium hustle is really making these people bold.

NFL getting too big for its britches.

 

[diggy]

ill be mad as fukk

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

What funny is that NFL.com posted this.

Goodell and his cronies have no shame.

 

[Dr Dre's ProductionSkills]

does anybody know why they cant do another expansion team to la???

why is it that we need to poach the jags vikes or dolphins...

i mean an expansion team to la is like the equivalnet of 2 teams as far as revenue...

 

[LezJepzin]

does anybody know why they cant do another expansion team to la???

why is it that we need to poach the jags vikes or dolphins...

i mean an expansion team to la is like the equivalnet of 2 teams as far as revenue...

Too many teams. LA's even more trickier to bring the NFL back by moving a team there that isn't the Chargers, Raiders or Rams. Bringing a team back already with a fanbase back in the city makes sense even though its been a generation since they had the NFL in Los Angeles.

Not much different with Seattle trying to get the NBA back but the NFL already has 32 teams. A 33rd means there would need to be a 34th But money talks.

 

[714562]

Same old song.

The NFL could fund new stadiums for every team in the league many times over, but they would rather hold the threat of moving franchises over everyone's head.

Where did this logic come from?

People are still angry that the city agreed to use taxes to pay for three-quarters of the Marlins’ stadium, only to have Jeffrey Loria repay the favor by trading away their best players within a year of moving in.

It doesn't matter that the Dolphins are asking for one-third as much money as the Marlins, and that they promise to pay half the cost. People are still mad about it.

 

[sfgiants]

so another shytty team gona be in l.a now

 

[Dr Dre's ProductionSkills]

Same old song.

The NFL could fund new stadiums for every team in the league many times over, but they would rather hold the threat of moving franchises over everyone's head.



People are still angry that the city agreed to use taxes to pay for three-quarters of the Marlins’ stadium, only to have Jeffrey Loria repay the favor by trading away their best players within a year of moving in.

It doesn't matter that the Dolphins are asking for one-third as much money as the Marlins, and that they promise to pay half the cost. People are still mad about it.

lol..have friends near arizona state uni... they pissed about the extra tax for cardinals stadium... some of them dont even like sports..lol

 

[Maschine_Man]

the thing is, they want city money because they are GUARANTEEING super bowls to Miami.
and if they don't get them they pay the money back.

Miami=Super Bowl

The SB brings so much money for the city its ridiculous and the money the dolphins are trying to get from the city comes from the tourism money.

Sports...football...dolphins...super bowl all add to more tourism for the city

 

[the next guy]

@SubZeroDegrees

The REAL problem here... is Roger Goodell. By basically telling the Dolphins they cannot host another Super Bowl until the perform some upgrades.. he is putting additional pressure on a franchise that hasn't been generating a ton of revenue as of late. They could still host a bigger and badder Super Bowl at Sun Life stadium. Goodell continues to try and push the brand and the envelope.. and in a time when people are hurting financially.. no one wants to talk about putting extra money up for a Stadium.. The Dolphins are unique in that.. they actually OWN their stadium. Knowing that... they put a comprehensive plan out to have the tourists essentially pay for HALF of the improvements. Steven Ross, the owner, offered to put up half. (How many other owners have paid for even 25% of upgrades) The people of South Florida would not have paid a cent for it.. However, they would have benefited with jobs in construction for the stadium and COUNTLESS dollars infused into the economy during premiere events that an improved stadium would surely bring. The politician who didn't not allow this to be voted upon should be ashamed of himself for preventing economic growth in South Florida. By the way Roger.. when you passed Miami up.. I am telling you right now.. Every Dolphin fan giggled with glee with the lights fiasco at the last Super Bowl.

You keep rewarding Super Bowls to cities who have their tax payers foot the bill for billion dollar stadiums they don't really need... in a time of economic hardship. You keep douching up the safety rules without thinking outside the box. Keep eroding away the integrity of the game. You may end up being single-handedly responsible for the downturn of the worlds best sports brand.

highest comment on the article.

 

[Heretic]

no way a team leaves miami to go to la

the rams moved from la to st. Louis and the raiders to oakland

does anybody know why they cant do another expansion team to la???

why is it that we need to poach the jags vikes or dolphins...

i mean an expansion team to la is like the equivalnet of 2 teams as far as revenue...

It's all about the stadium. Attendance wasn't so bad but you cant play nfl games in that run down stadium that seats over 90,000 people. Plus with the average attendance being less than capacity, they would get blacked out. That's why they need a new smaller stadium, so they can sell enough tix to avoid blackouts. Tv is where the money is and one of the biggest reasons the rams and raiders left in the 1st place and also bc l.a. wouldn't renovate or build a new stadium. Plus the coliseum is a dump, it's a concrete bowl it's like an oversized high school stadium. Somebody touched on the expansion issue already.

 

[GMOGMediaTV]

Got damn ya man Loria.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

The city fukked up building that stadium for the Marlins. That was a big mistake. Nobody will go to the games.

The Dolphins are screwed now because of that.

 

[the next guy]

The Miami Dolphins’ short-lived campaign for a subsidized Sun Life Stadium renovation appeared doomed from the start.

A majority of Miami-Dade voters who cast ballots in the special stadium election before it was called off opposed the $350 million makeover, according to a count the elections department released late Tuesday.

The tabulation showed that among the 60,678 voters who voted by mail or at early-voting sites, 34,780 — about 57 percent — opposed the Dolphins’ proposal, compared to 25,898 — or 43 percent — who favored it.

The vote tally, though revealing partial results for an incomplete election, provides a snapshot of the opinion of voters who voted early, despite not knowing whether their ballots would ultimately count.

Read more here: Early-vote tally shows Miami Dolphins stadium renovation was failing at polls - Dolphin Stadium Referendum - MiamiHerald.com