Update on Renovation Drama for the Jaguars in Jacksonville
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00:00 Sports Press Rick Harwin, another $1.3 trillion business of sports with your Sports News Minute.
00:06 For this week, the ongoing saga of the Jacksonville Jaguars is especially timely, playing two
00:10 games in London and at home, the furor over who pays for the stadium renovation is really
00:18 kicking in.
00:19 "The oldest non-renovated stadium in the NFL," says President Mark Lamping, and about a $2
00:23 billion price tag with a billion to be paid for by the public sector as far as development
00:28 opportunities and rights all over to generate significant dollars.
00:33 The polling says only 6% today sponsor that level of payment, but 46% say that's the only
00:40 way to do it, then we've got to pay for it that way, and 49% say the Jaguars are extremely
00:46 important to the economy of Jacksonville.
00:49 It's got to be more than that.
00:51 Any vote would be a close vote.
00:53 But clearly, the two games in London this year back-to-back may be sending some kind
00:58 of signal.