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After a game day win Sunday, Jacksonville Jaguar fans are hoping construction for the “Stadium of the Future” can be completed in a year as opposed to the originally projected two-year timeframe.
Under the current proposal for stadium renovations, work would begin in 2025 and would take the Jaguars away from Jacksonville for two seasons.
Owner Shad Khan as the Jaguars prepare to play in London for the 11th time in 11 seasons Sunday: “It has been great for the city of Jacksonville. It's great for the players. It has been great for us. It’s a win-win-win. …”
Shad Khan’s venture with the Jacksonville Jaguars could have started years before it actually did. The billionaire businessman was twice contacted about becoming a limited partner with the Jaguars long before he agreed to purchase the team for $770 million in November 2011. It turned out to be arguably the most important decision in Jacksonville’s relatively brief football history.
Wouldn’t it be much easier and cheaper if the politicians in Jacksonville just gave the NFL’s Jaguars what they want now instead of going through the ceremonial and useless dog and pony show that will inevitably end up with them getting exactly what they wanted in the first place? The longer Jacksonville waits to commit at least half of the money the Jaguars want for their estimated $2 billion ...