Stadium improvements

[Brooklyn Bully]

The city will do whatever JR asks. Charlotte is nothing without the team. Banking has declined and no one cares about the Bobcats.

[SCP]

The city will do whatever JR asks. Charlotte is nothing without the team. Banking has declined and no one cares about the Bobcats.

This town has Bobcat Fever now that they are 4-3

[rodeo]

It'll be hilarious when JR says some condescending thing like "Do I need to teach you how to read a revenue chart" to a city council member, and they're like "Ok, denied."

[King Taharqa]

I hope JR doesnt try to pull a "Shinn" on the city and overvalue how much the Panthers mean to the average Charlottean. Right now isnt the greatest time to be asking for public money IMO.

[themikestrick]

Maybe JR is angling for a Humpy Wheeler sized video screen. I'm sure that would eat up a lot of money

[csx]

It'll be hilarious when JR says some condescending thing like "Do I need to teach you how to read a revenue chart" to a city council member, and they're like "Ok, denied."

With the morons in Charlotte, it would behoove them to get a lesson on how to any way they can.

[Sapper]

Berkeley's renovated stadium is subtle but noticeable.

[csx]

I hope JR doesnt try to pull a "Shinn" on the city and overvalue how much the Panthers mean to the average Charlottean. Right now isnt the greatest time to be asking for public money IMO.

The city has never cared what the public thinks in regards to issues like this.

[panfan32]

LA...here we come...

Dude just dont post anymore! Sick of the negative posts this season.

Jacksonville is going everyone kows that. They have had issues year after year trying to just sell out a game. their market is small and having 3 teams in florida was about as smart as pouring hiney on yourself standing next to a bear,

[Iceberg Slim]

They want 250? City will go into full meltdown mode.......hell didn't we just have a big show down over giving a couple mill to help build the baseball stadium downtown? hell these folks are still complaing about building the bobcats stadium. If JR takes a hard line this is going to be real ugly...watch

[GAme]

I hope JR doesnt try to pull a "Shinn" on the city and overvalue how much the Panthers mean to the average Charlottean. Right now isnt the greatest time to be asking for public money IMO.

No kidding.

[SCP]

The hell with appealing to Panther fans in Charlotte. JR needs to take this angle to get support for public $$ in Charlotte:

"If the panthers dont get the upgrades and we leave, you won't get to invade our stadium when your Yankee team or bandwagon team comes to Charlotte every other year."

Play to the masses for public money, not some niche like us Panther fans.

[Lumps]

i wish he would put some of that money into hiring the best coaching staff and FO money can buy.

putting a better product on the field is the best upgrade that stadium could have and would go the furtherest towards filling up the stands with panther fans.

I think the money is there, the failure to spend it intelligentley well...that is the issue. The brains behind the money...that is the issue....

Not that I don't agree, more effort needs to go into the product more than anything and it is apparent this has not been happening.

Our stadium is old for stadiums and things need to be checked and replaced regardless if 'upgrades' are also being built, I am sure it is cheaper now more than ever to upgrade, despite 250 million being pretty expensive....its nothing compared to building a stadium. I personally don't like our stadium very much. I don't like the whole steeler/GB thing. With 'traditional' stadiums there is a lot of good and a lot of bad.

Of course JR will ask for money from Charlotte, the fans in Charlotte means much more to the reason teh Panthers are here than JR, despite not having as much 'power'. If we can build a stupid light rail for half a billion, we can pay half that and keep the Panthers, the only thing worth a poo IMO, in charlotte.

[CatMan72]

Just because JR can afford it doesn't mean he should have to pay for it all...

When you look at the revenue and exposure the city of Charlotte derives from the Panthers, you could argue that it makes perfect sense for the city to make a significant contribution to the stadium project.

Heck, city officials approached JR to find out how much he wanted. City officials know that contributing a significant amount of public money to stadium renovations makes the city a stakeholder in the franchise and it sounds like they are just as concerned about what happens when JR kicks the bucket as we are, so they want to invest in the franchise in order to have some say in it's future.

I'm sure the public money will come with some strings attached...