Private investors seem to think so, to the tune 0f $1.5 billion. The BJCC would get the arena, an "entertainment district," a new hotel, and some condos. Expect our dumb-ass city government to fuck this up in some way.
Of course, what we really need are Krauts making metal. Remember when we made steel here?
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It's just so strange. They let Legion Field go to hell. They mismanage public facilities like Vulcan and then think the state's taxpayers should pay for a stadium that will host a bottom-tier bowl game, sad UAB games, and the high school championships. True enough I want Birmingham to move up the list of southern cities, and it'd be kewl to have a nice stadium there, but would the business it attracts (the SEC Championship game would be a possibility) justify the cost? The NFL is not coming to Alabama, but I'm sure we'll get a team in the next fly-by-night football league. I'm ambivalent at best.
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