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FUMBLEROOSKI

Started by districtweekly · 11 months ago

Anyone who thinks an NFL stadium would be a cash machine for Long Beach has played football too long without a helmet

Building a stadium for a National Football League team on the land around the Queen Mary makes sense for all the wrong reasons—not just the insulting ones mentioned in t ... Continue reading »

7 comments

  • selfish causes

    1 year ago

    The Detroit Lions play in the city of Detroit, Dave. Just across the street from the Tigers.
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  • Gunther

    1 year ago

    a football stadium and or a casino is the last think i want to look at as i stare across the water. what exactly will this stadium do the rest of the year when it isn't hosting football games? please don't say host mega concerts because we already have a problem bringing talent to this city. why, because LA is too close.

    if you think a football stadium will be the smoke and mirrors this city needs to make people forget about all it's issues, you're sorely mistaken.
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  • selfish causes

    1 year ago

    Hey, Detroit has football and casinos and they're doing swell!
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  • Dave Wielenga

    1 year ago

    Ooops! I was wrong about the Detroit situation--wrong by, like, five years! That's how long it's been since the Lions moved from the Silverdome to Ford Field. My apologies.
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  • JuanPardell

    1 year ago

    Dave Wielenga has it right. No matter how you look at it, Long Beach could not afford the bring an NFL team to the city.
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  • bigfoot

    1 year ago

    Dude, I'm all for an NFL stadium, as long as they promise to host a MONSTER TRUCK rally at least twice a year.
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  • RKJ

    1 year ago

    Maybe a bunch of hip-hop and gangsta rap concerts in the off season at our new stadium. That will get John Morris' Smooths good and busy.
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