BR1986FB;1275374 wrote:I don't think a lot of people look at it that way though. Most people come from the "what does it do for ME?" angle. I get what you're saying about the economy but most people aren't that forward thinking.
I'm not sure the economy thing is accurate anyway. You need to showcase the city well during that event to get people to keep coming back and spending money there long term, because they don't help the city that much in the short run. Indy lost $1 million on the super bowl. Just about every city loses huge hosting the Olympics. I don't know if a casino and the rock n roll hall of fame would be enough to keep people coming to downtown Cleveland. There's no guarantee a major event would even ever happen. A super bowl might come to Cleveland once in 20 years, if ever. When is the last time a national convention repeated in a city that wasn't New York?
The benefit would have to be extremely long term, because there just aren't that many events that require a 70,000 person domed stadium. But I definitely come at it from a "what does it do for me" angle regardless.
Anyway, enough stadium talk. Anyone feeling good about Sunday? Bills have lost 8 straight away from home and they're 3-14 on the road since the start of 2010. Honestly I felt better about last week, but I can't feel too counted out going against Fitzpatrick.
