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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Park_Stadium

Appears legit. This is the site Alonzo Highsmith has cited. David Beckham also is willing to assist funding for an expansion MLS franchise he's been awarded. The footprint at Tropical Park could be expanded to 40-45k, which is all The U would ever need.

Problem is they still have 17 years on their lease at Sun Life, and Stephen Ross is not likely to just let a tenant walk away from such a contract.
 
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Dryden said:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Park_Stadium

Appears legit. This is the site Alonzo Highsmith has cited. David Beckham also is willing to assist funding for an expansion MLS franchise he's been awarded. The footprint at Tropical Park could be expanded to 40-45k, which is all The U would ever need.

Problem is they still have 17 years on their lease at Sun Life, and Stephen Ross is not likely to just let a tenant walk away from such a contract.
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Yeah, Tropical Park was it, since it's closer to campus. And it's supposed to hold 50k. But let's be honest, that wil hardly ever fill. I wonder how Richt will feel after seeing a stadium with 100 fans after coming from a completely stadium in Athens. He could've taken the fake USC job and seen a full house. He's the red headed step child in the state now
 
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I think they could draw 35-40k again if (1) they're good and (2) the stadium is on campus.

Immediate problem I see with this Tropical Park proposal is that they're not going to get any taxpayer support when they've already got a stadium with 17 years remaining on the lease. If they're going to use a site that currently hosts multiple high school football games (and probably destroy a couple of the adjacent youth soccer fields in the process) they have to find a home for all that stuff that is going to be displaced. They can't jointly build something with Beckham and his MLS plans because they can't host multiple high schools, youth and pro soccer, and college football all at the same time on a grass field, and I don't think Beckham will ever allow his MLS club to play half their games on artificial turf.

It'll have to be grass, and it will be MLS and Canes football only. That means they're stuck moving a lot of the existing functionality of Tropical Park somewhere else.
 
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Tropical Park Stadium

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Texas high schools would laugh at that.
 
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...more-than-40-million-clinton-portis-is-broke/

Despite making more than $40 million, Clinton Portis is broke
Posted by Michael David Smith on December 19, 2015, 6:22 AM EST

Clinton Portis made enough money during his NFL career in Denver and Washington that he should be set for life: In nine NFL seasons, Portis made more than $40 million.

But Portis isn’t just not set for life, he’s broke. Portis filed for bankruptcy this week, saying he has debts of more than $5 million that he can’t afford to pay.

We noted in June that Portis had a debt to the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas of $287,178.56, and that the IRS accused him of failing to pay $401,432.18 in federal income taxes in 2006, and $57,187.61 in federal income taxes in 2010. Portis also lists debts of $500,000 to his mother, $500,000 to Entertainment Tonight correspondent and former sideline reporter Nischelle Turner, $412,000 in “domestic support obligations” to four different women and $175,000 in car loans.

Portis’s failed business ventures have included sinking $8 million into a casino that went belly-up, and putting $2 million into a “wealth management” firm that was later described as a Ponzi scheme.

The 34-year-old Portis rushed for more than 1,200 yards in five of his nine NFL seasons.
 
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