Sunday, February 22
Homework #3
I read an article from yesterday (February 20th, 2009) about the opportunity the bay area has to create a shared football arena for both the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders. The article from SJMN (San Jose Mercury News) entitled "Shared turf for 49ers, Raiders?" and written by Mike Swift gave the Giants-Jets Stadium as an example of how the Bay's stadium could be. In detail, Swift described how having one stadium could be both a benefit and a pain by first analyzing NY's deal. The Jets and the Giants- two long last rivals have come together to build one $1.6 billion stadium to house both teams. Though this may sound like a bad idea, a stadium build for all extensive purposes to be neutral is very cost efficient. They are making sure that all components of the stadium will be neutral except for those electronic. Both teams will have their own locker rooms giving the traveling team's locker room to whichever team is visiting. Though disagreements came between both teams about several parts of the arena, final arrangements were made to fit both team’s needs. I think that a similar agreement could be come to for the Niner’s and Raiders even though they, in my opinion, have a much more aggressive rivalry. One of the concerns not brought up in the article, is whether fans will want to travel to the new stadium after having one be just next door for many years now. Plans have been on hold for a couple years now for the 49ers to build one in Santa Clara near where they practice. This would be a fairly nice compromise for both teams seeing as never would have to travel too far to play, though the 49ers may have to move their practice facilities.
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You did an awesome job summarizing the article. It's good that you saw problems that the author didn't bring up. I think it would be important to find out if fans want to travel before building a new stadium. Also, wouldn't it be a little strange to the San Fransisco and Oakland teams playing in Santa Clara? It just doesn't seem like it fits...
ReplyDeleteOk so we had most of the debate I was going to say in class. I did my post on the same article and to summarize my points I am completely against these teams coming into Santa Clara. The traffic it will cause and of course there is no place to put it that will benefit the surrounding areas. We both agreed that the NFL wants to combine these two teams into one for cost and space concerns. But I think that maybe a place like Morgan hill or mountain view would be a better fit. It's not quiet as in the middle as Santa Clara but there are more places that such a big project could be accomplished. And if you follow 85 into Morgan hill they have a light rail system that would work. I think Santa Clara County needs to think about its choice. Overall you did a good job summarizing the article and the problems facing the teams not just the fans.
ReplyDeletesoo you commented on what i said to kaite and well i was actually agreeing with the stadium moving. i mean it wouldnt be that bad in the long run. i do know things about football you know just because im a girl doesnt mean i dont know whats up. i do know that SF has been practicing at Santa Clara for a while. and i do know that raiders fans are wild and crazy and obnoxious. but i think in the long run itd be better to have a combined stadium even though it might create conflict when it comes to home games but im sure theyll figure that out. anywho i think this can be a good topic for your paper since it seems like your into it.
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