Marc Ganis
Marc Ganis
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The reason they'd be moving is ownership has burned its bridges in Charlotte. Wherever they go will not be as good as staying in Charlotte.
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Winning is the great deodorant. Even if this is a marketing mistake, and I'm not saying it is, winning goes a long way to fixing it.
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The Panthers have matured as a franchise, and they are benefiting from a continuous effort to upgrade their operations. Even when they had lean years on the field, the Panthers took care of their fans and sponsors. That's paying off.
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When you get out of the top 10 markets, it's really important how many other sports teams are in town. You want to move to a market with zero or one. Charlotte can definitely support two teams.
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Whether it is right or wrong, it is the way our celebrity-driven culture is. When people see major celebrities coming out to an event, they feel they should be there as well.
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The pent-up demand for the return of the NBA to Charlotte wasn't as strong as many of us anticipated it could be,
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This would be the first example of a stadium being developed from the outset for two N.F.L. teams, ... The cost of these buildings has skyrocketed to such a degree that it makes far more economic sense to share the debt service and the revenues. The net revenues for the two teams are likely to be significantly better than if they each built their own stadium.
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Time Warner will need to take the NFL Network on. Their subscribers will demand it. Plus, Time Warner needs the NFL Network more than some channel about gardening or something like that.
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For whatever the reason, the geographic moniker makes a difference. The geographic connection creates a base of fans.
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For whatever the reason, the geographic moniker makes a difference, ... The geographic connection creates a base of fans.
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If the team is competitive, the Los Angeles fans will pay top dollar, make going to the games an event, ... But they won't support a loser. There are too many alternative activities can be conducted in the fall. You can go to beach. You can't do that in Chicago.
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When you're adding those extra 5,000 seats, you have to build more ramps, more bathrooms, more plumbing, and it gets very expensive to build those extra seats. The number of times you sell the last 4,000 to 5,000 seats and the fact that they're going to be the less expensive seats, does not offset the cost of operating a larger facility.
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Ownership of the Washington Redskins provides perhaps the most visible platform from which to try and lobby Congress, pass legislation, speak with lobbyists and interact with the media in the nation's capital. There's a lot of value associated with that.
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It is more difficult to get public funds for sports facilities. State and local budgets are strained, services are being cut, taxes are being raised.