Paul Brown stadium deal ending in 2026- will the Bengals stay

[bengals1969]

(08-19-2020, 11:03 PM)J24 Wrote: With LA gone here are the Cities that have a chance to steal the Bengals away from Cincinnati. None of them are Home runs for ownership over Cincinnati. 


 London
Positives- New Stadium, Big Market(western Europe)
Negatives-  Travel, Taxes, interest?, Jaguars have a built-in market

San Antonio
Positives- Texas loves Football, Tax payer Stadium
Negatives- Cowboys empire

Toronto- 
Positives- Canada Market
Negatives- would have to build stadium with own money

Orlando
Positives- Bigger Market, NFL quality Stadium
Negatives- 3 teams in Florida already and a tourist town.

St.louis
Positive- Bigger Market than Cincy
Negatives- Been screwed by the NFL multiple times

 San Diego- 
Positives- great City, Super Bowl City, 
Negatives- Crowded market with Chargers and Rams 100 miles away + privately funded stadiums

 Northern California(Oakland or Sacramento)
Positives- Bigger Market
Negatives- private fund stadiums + 49ner territory

Those are the biggest options for relocation. Out of all those cities none of them really concern me as overly enticing to leave Cincinnati for. If I were to say the biggest worries would be St Louis, Orlando, and San Antonio but all of those seem Longshots.

Also I think eventually we will see a mass expansion in the 2030s going from 32 to 40 teams.  


New Orleans, Buffalo, Green Bay, Las Vegas, and Jacksonville are all below Cincinnati I. TV Markets.

Having lived a long time in both ends of California I know there is no way the Bengals make a CA move.  CA politics are far beyond what Mike Brown would want to deal with.  The costs would eat his family fortune to the bone and there isn't a rabid fan base in CA for NFL football.  Every possible city out there is in deep financial distress before COVID, now it's a catastrophe getting worse by the day.  CA is out for along time.

No to Britain.
Texas is ideal if located in San Antonio but that would take getting past Jerry Jones.  Not impossible since Jones has a price for any deal. Mike would have to pay him a ransom and that isn't in Mike's DNA.

After COVID has wrecked city and state finances from coast to coast there is no way any city can cough up the cash to make Mike move.  How long will city finances be impacted so bad that paying a NFL team to move is politically possible?  I bet not until the 2030's.