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Old 03-22-2016, 07:54 PM   #866
Joborule
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion View Post
Any building with 18,000+ people would create a stampede in the case of a fire. Nothing would change, there.

I guess what I’m saying is that there’s nothing wrong with the ‘Dome to justify the public paying $600 million to fix. If KK and Co. really want to build an arena - which they charge us to enter, with them getting all the profits - they should pay for it themselves.
There is also the player factor you gotta consider. After Detroit's is done, playing in the oldest venue in the league, which isn't up to modern standards (at both the spectator and event level), isn't a great selling point in trying to draw players in. It may not be a big factor in relation to the others, but when free agents are weighing their options between teams, they would take it into consideration.
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