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I was thinking about how I'd never consider for even a second going to Oakland to watch a football game even if (or I guess, especially if) they were playing the Chiefs. But in Vegas I'm so there. I can't think of a bigger swing of opposing fans going from "gently caress no" to "hell yes" when considering attending a football game. Sure it may ruin their homefield advantage but it will be unique and awesome in my opinion.
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Konstantin posted:That ship has sailed, sports betting is legal in the UK, so the NFL can't deny a team to Vegas because of it without sounding like giant hypocrites. The NFL has been giant hypocrites about Vegas for years? Not only are casinos themselves banned from advertising, but non-casino advertisers are banned from showing casino resorts (including their exteriors) as a background or set piece in their non-casino advertisement. A reporter investigated it in 2009 and was told any ad with Vegas would have to be all Hoover Dam and canyons etc, because even a skyline shot with hotel towers was banned. They are, or at least used to be, so serious about this that they fined KIA for this ad. This is why the chamber of commerce crowd (casino corporate types on the stadium committee) have such a boner for the NFL. We've already plumbed the depths of "just how much do they hate us?" and the answer was, "far more than any other sports league." Vegas was as welcome in the NFL as Homer is in the No Homers Club. And then, just when you're ready to give up and watch hockey, a kid with a bad haircut asks you to the dance... Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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And yet, the daily fantasy gambling ads last year were ridiculous. Also, most NFL sports arenas are within a few miles of casinos and card rooms and poo poo. And you can totally do sports book betting online from most US states, too. Basically I think the owners are not going to block this because they're going to figure vegas will make more money for the NFL than oakland, and the gambling thing is something most of them don't give a poo poo about, it's just a veneer of respectability that they want to maintain.
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So that's how it feels to do business with a Vegas casino owner. Davis is going to end up in a shallow grave in the desert.
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kiimo posted:So that's how it feels to do business with a Vegas casino owner.
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Blitz7x posted:Mark "The Courier" Davis will live and take his revenge He's already off on the right foot choosing Bonnie Rotten as a companion. She's real good with melee weapons.
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San Diego, everyone.quote:In the scathing letter, the neighbor called the parents out for being too "selfish" to get a big enough home with a yard for their kids. (We are not making this up.) "Because you like the beach, your boys are trapped in a tiny, one bedroom upstairs apartment," the message read. The rude neighbor then closed out the nasty letter by saying "SHAME ON YOU." https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/parents-received-brutal-note-shaming-153036372.html
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Nov 4, 2016 07:01
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My favorite part of a rich person's personality is when they get preachy that you shouldn't be sad and just purchase more joy
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Spoeank posted:My favorite part of a rich person's personality is when they get preachy that you shouldn't be sad and just purchase more joy Also the fact that it literally takes separate bedrooms and a yard to be decent parents. You know, poo poo the vast majority of the world can't afford. I was going to joke that everyone in London is a child abuser but then I realized that's probably correct and not at all in the way I intended and now I'm sad. 
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Though it's my hometown and I love it here, San Diego is filled to the brim with crusty old assholes.
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Glass of Milk posted:Though it's my hometown and I love it here, San Diego is filled to the brim with crusty old assholes. This. So much this.
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I don't often listen to sports talk radio, but I'm looking forward to the Wednesday freakout when measure C gets like 40% support.
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38.8% yes on C with ~16% of the ballots counted.
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Glass of Milk posted:38.8% yes on C with ~16% of the ballots counted. 
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Got that legal weed tho
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Spoeank posted:Got that legal weed tho At least I won't have to remember the next 
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a neat cape posted:bye chargers Sorry for you but good on San Diego for being the only city to tell an owner to go to hell.
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Meanwhile, Arlington voted to give the Rangers a shitton of public money to replace a fairly modern stadium with absolutely no hood incentives or guarantees on returns.
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Grittybeard posted:Sorry for you but good on San Diego for being the only city to tell an owner to go to hell. :woot: Good job!
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So this means 2 LA teams right? Or is there some other darkhorse Chargers landing spot?
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Athanatos posted:So this means 2 LA teams right? Or is there some other darkhorse Chargers landing spot? I think if the Chargers wanted to be in LA, they would have gone last year when they got the green light
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Grittybeard posted:Sorry for you but good on San Diego for being the only city to tell an owner to go to hell. Sorry, see Seattle numerous times over the past decade
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Athanatos posted:So this means 2 LA teams right? Or is there some other darkhorse Chargers landing spot? Bolts and Thunder baby
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Tank44 posted:Sorry, see Seattle numerous times over the past decade The only city with a sitting team? I don't remember if there was a vote before the Sonics moved. Oakland is doing it too anyway I guess.
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I'm envious of San Diego. It's only a matter of a few years until the Saints come to the people of Louisiana, hat in hand. I'm sure we won't have the good sense to do the same.
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I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further.
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Bacon Taco posted:I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further. Gonna be funny to see the Raiders and Chargers compete to see who can offer Adelson the best deal
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I feel like it's pretty tough to make a moral choice to tell an owner to gently caress himself and then you're left glowing with your good decision, not having an NFL team anymore. Congrats?
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kiimo posted:I feel like it's pretty tough to make a moral choice to tell an owner to gently caress himself and then you're left glowing with your good decision, not having an NFL team anymore. Congrats? *posts Charger attendance over the last decade* Nah, I think they're fine.
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Bacon Taco posted:I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further. Dude is a mound of warm suet with a combover
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Dr_Strangelove posted:Dude is a mound of warm suet with a combover A mound of warm suet that also probably just managed to get the estate tax repealed right before he croaks. The motherfucker.
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The Chargers aren't making any decisions until the year is over, which means they're going to try and negotiate something behind the scenes. My guess? Smaller TOT increase for a stadium in Mission Valley, maybe bring the county in on the vote depending if that's beneficial to them.
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I think most everyone just wants then to tear down and rebuild Qualcomm rather than give the Chargers ANY land while there is still a giant concrete structure collecting dust. Aside from Chargers games, what is Qualcomm even used for? Used car sales, monster truck events, and the Holiday Bowl?
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Zurreco posted:I think most everyone just wants then to tear down and rebuild Qualcomm rather than give the Chargers ANY land while there is still a giant concrete structure collecting dust. Where would they go in the meantime? The Rose Bowl has said they won't host an NFL team, and having them in AZ would anger the Cardinals' ownership.
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Konstantin posted:Where would they go in the meantime? The Rose Bowl has said they won't host an NFL team, and having them in AZ would anger the Cardinals' ownership. They'd build the new stadium next to Qualcomm, then implode it once it's done
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Whatever they're calling the field at SDSU now is probably big enough to handle whatever tiny crowds the Chargers are able to muster nowadays.
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Zurreco posted:Whatever they're calling the field at SDSU now is probably big enough to handle whatever tiny crowds the Chargers are able to muster nowadays. I'd imagine so. Since SDSU plays at Qualcomm as far as I know. e: USD has a 6000 seat stadium which might be a touch small, maybe. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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