11-23-2020, 06:14 AM
(11-22-2020, 09:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: They would if they get to keep the sweetheart stadium deal.
To move they'd have to pay ~$500m in a relocation fee and then likely have to pay for building their own stadium (~$1-2b, or more depending on where they move to).
It'd more than double the price of buying the team if they moved it elsewhere. Meanwhile they could stay here on a highly favorable deal and just spend like $100m or so to spruce up the stadium.
That "sweetheart stadium deal" is strictly middle of the road these days. Cincinnati's media keeps telling you what a terrible deal you got while new deals pass you by and the county spends the stadium tax on everything but the stadium. And the county fights every upgrade that they're obligated to make in the contract based on league norms.
Nobody is going to spend a couple of billion dollars on this team based on the current stadium deal in the current market. And the league will waive any relocation fee in a heartbeat if they move where the NFL wants to be. Better pray that the rest of the family has as much affection for Cincinnati as Mike Brown.
