Marc Ganis
Marc Ganis
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The Superdome has been one of the greatest sports facility investment a community has ever made, ... But it would be significantly diminished if the Saints left.
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When was the last time somebody cheered for T-bill interest rates? But you cheer when your team is on the court, so there is a lot to be said for the psychic value of owning a sports team.
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Because of the clock, the three-quarters of us who live in eastern and central time zone don't get to see those clubs as much, don't get to see the highlights on Sports Center. For a nightly league that is largely dependent on national television revenue, that's a big issue.
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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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They took a chance to take a company owned by Comcast. That might end up being a very good thing ... Comcast can promote it -- on its own cable systems -- on ESPN, on Fox Sports Net. Let's see if they do so. That'll say how committed they are.
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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.
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They are a cash machine. They print money, ... While there is no revenue pressure, they'll try to keep certain things pristine.
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Fans really want to feel intimate with the action. This is part of what has made the NBA so successful. You can almost smell the sweat.
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Ratings are down because ratings are down for every network.
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The teams in smaller markets, like Jacksonville and Cincinnati, got their stadiums first. Then it was the big markets' turn -- Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, and soon New York and Dallas. The disparities between markets have become magnified.
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Sometimes deadlines help and sometimes they don't make much of a difference. They rarely hurt, unless they are arbitrary or excessively short. But if you are working in good faith and the deadlines can be extended if progress is being made, they work well.
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It doesn't have to be some sort of brand new, $1 billion stadium like what was planned for New York.
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It is economically if not physically obsolete. When you have a special event like Sugar Bowl or Super Bowl, people care less about how far away the field is or a bathroom in the luxury box. But for annual ticket buyers, it's a big deal to them.
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Fox just had to overpay on a rights fee basis for the Celtics games in order to keep the lights on the Boston market, ... So they're saving a lot of money owning the Dodgers. If the Dodgers' broadcast rights were up for public bid right now, they could go to an astronomical sum, and that would mean either a loss of programming for Fox or far greater costs.