Ray Jay Lease Extended 6 More Years

[Apis Bull]

3 hours ago, JTrue said:

Don't fret. For all of you worried about USF's income, just got word that season ticket prices are going up for 2017. I don't blame them, you gotta cash in when you can. Who knows when we're going to see a home slate like this again?

Doesn't each home game have USF playing in it?  Sounds like a pretty good home slate to me.

[BDYZR]

3 hours ago, Mike Stuben said:

How many years until the Bucs need need a new, modern stadium again?

I voted for the first one, most of Tampa did. I WILL NOT vote for another one.

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, UofMemphis said:

that's ridiculously high IMHO, but if that's what USF wants..

this is our lease with the city...(we extended it 'as is')

http://memphis.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=1394&meta_id=76876

63,000 per game to use the stadium and facilities...city gets parking and concessions, Memphis gets sales of NCAA licensed apparel and ticket sales.

Having been to both venues recently, I'd say the difference in lease payments is about right ...

[JTrue]

36 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

Doesn't each home game have USF playing in it?  Sounds like a pretty good home slate to me.

That hasn't changed, so why raise prices?

[lotsofbull99]

Judy making sure we have a place to play when we reunite with the Sun Belt

[GaUSFBull]

2 minutes ago, JTrue said:

That hasn't changed, so why raise prices?

We have a better team, and USF needs to fill the coffers for CCS's extension in a few years, or to hire a hot "name" coach if it doesn't work out.

[UofMemphis]

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

Having been to both venues recently, I'd say the difference in lease payments is about right ...

recently the city has spent 32 million on the Liberty Bowl, but this offseason they did their best improvement yet...for 5 million they more than quadrupled the number of chairback seats.

before (notice the tiny section of chairback seats on both sides)

after (it reduced capacity to 58,000)

that was 5 million well spent 

Edited January 24, 2017 by UofMemphis

[2000bull]

1 minute ago, UofMemphis said:

recently the city has spent 32 million on the Liberty Bowl, but this offseason they did their best improvement yet...for 5 million they more than quadrupled the number of chairback seats.

before (notice the tiny section of chairback seats on both sides)

after (it reduced capacity to 58,000)

that was 5 million well spent 

Do you have cup holders too?

[UofMemphis]

2 minutes ago, 2000bull said:

Do you have cup holders too?

yep...tis glorious :-)

[charsibb]

Is there enough data out there for someone to do a back-of-the-envelope financial comparison between staying at RJS and building (say) Minnesota's stadium?

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/usf-set-to-extend-deal-with-raymond-james-stadium/2310524