Interesting. I say they would. Hamilton County (Ohio) commissioner letting the cat out of the bag?

 

Cincinnati Bengals NFL relocation questions and answers

Would Hamilton Co tax payers still be on the hook for the Stadium still? If Im a resident Id say good riddance, best of luck elsewhere. All Mike Brown has done since taking over is put out a mediocre/sub mediocre product, keep infrastructure projects in the county/city on the back burner, ruin thousands of peoples Sundays, tie up city council with petty garbage. I still cant fathom how folks who lived in Sayler Park, Harrison, the Northgate Mall area and so would vote yes on another tax to pay for a multi millionaires stadium while they were in the midst of the lost decade. I live in NKY and I still get irked by this. See ya Bungles

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Would Hamilton Co tax payers still be on the hook for the Stadium still?

 

I don't see why they wouldn't.

According to the article, Cincinnati is not what it once was, as far as market size. I understand that. However, looking at the markets that are greater than Cincinnati right now...where's he going to go that either a.) doesn't have a team right now, or b.) didn't already lose a team? Here's a list of the Nielsen TV markets above Cincinnati right now.

 

New York (#1)

Los Angeles (#2)

Chicago (#3)

Philadelphia (#4)

Dallas-Fort Worth (#5)

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6)

Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) (#7)

Houston (#8)

Boston (Manchester) (#9)

Atlanta (#10)

Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) (#11)

Phoenix (Prescott) (#12)

Detroit (#13)

Seattle-Tacoma (#14)

Minneapolis-St. Paul (#15)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale (#16)

Denver (#17)

Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne (#18)

Cleveland-Akron (Canton) (#19)

Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto (#20)

St. Louis (#21)

Charlotte (#22)

Pittsburgh (#23)

Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) (#24)

Portland, OR (#25)

Baltimore (#26)

Indianapolis (#27)

San Diego (#28)

Nashville (#29)

Hartford & New Haven (#30)

San Antonio (#31)

Columbus, OH (#32)

Kansas City (#33)

Salt Lake City (#34)

Milwaukee (#35)

Cincinnati (#36)

 

Is Portland, Oregon really that much of a step up? Is there really a void that needs to be filled in Orlando?

If you are not a fan of the Bengals I can understand people saying good riddance. However if you are a fan of the Bengals, no matter what you think of Mike Brown. I have no idea how or why someone would say yes please move. Maybe we are spoiled because most of have basically had a professional nfl team right by us. However all I know is I would much rather have a bad nfl team right by me, than no nfl team at all.

 

What's next will people say the Reds should go too? Like it not the Bengals have actually had more success to cheer on during seasons for a lot of today's younger generation growing up than the Reds. So what happens if this rebuild doesn't go well for the Reds and they add another 22 years without a playoffs series win. Should we be wanting them to be gone out of town then too?

 

Yes the stadium deal was a bad deal for Hamiliton County. However why after going through it and paying for it, would people then want them gone after already paying for it? That makes little sense to me.

I want a team back in STL but not this one.

According to the article, Cincinnati is not what it once was, as far as market size. I understand that. However, looking at the markets that are greater than Cincinnati right now...where's he going to go that either a.) doesn't have a team right now, or b.) didn't already lose a team? Here's a list of the Nielsen TV markets above Cincinnati right now.

 

New York (#1)

Los Angeles (#2)

Chicago (#3)

Philadelphia (#4)

Dallas-Fort Worth (#5)

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6)

Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) (#7)

Houston (#8)

Boston (Manchester) (#9)

Atlanta (#10)

Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) (#11)

Phoenix (Prescott) (#12)

Detroit (#13)

Seattle-Tacoma (#14)

Minneapolis-St. Paul (#15)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale (#16)

Denver (#17)

Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne (#18)

Cleveland-Akron (Canton) (#19)

Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto (#20)

St. Louis (#21)

Charlotte (#22)

Pittsburgh (#23)

Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) (#24)

Portland, OR (#25)

Baltimore (#26)

Indianapolis (#27)

San Diego (#28)

Nashville (#29)

Hartford & New Haven (#30)

San Antonio (#31)

Columbus, OH (#32)

Kansas City (#33)

Salt Lake City (#34)

Milwaukee (#35)

Cincinnati (#36)

 

Is Portland, Oregon really that much of a step up? Is there really a void that needs to be filled in Orlando?

 

Honestly the St. Louis area is the area that scares me as an area the Bengals could move too. That area imo will get another team one day if they come to terms of building a stadium. I think the Chargers and Bengals would be two of the possibilities to end up there.

I want a team back in STL but not this one.

 

Haha I think it could end up being the Bengals or Chargers.

Haha I think it could end up being the Bengals or Chargers.

 

I would take the chargers

I hate the Bengals but no way in heck do I want them gone.

I hope this never happens.

Fan or no fan, the Bengals generate a lot of revenue for the area. Think of all the vendors, hotels, the guys that make hot dogs, sell or deliver the beer. The list goes on and on.

Pro teams are good for the city.

 

And by the way, It’s not your team. It belongs to the Brown family. He can run his team to be profitable for himself. If you don’t like the product, don’t support it.

NFL buys the team back from the Browns moves it to London.

NFL buys the team back from the Browns moves it to London.

 

I wouldn't even go up the road to Laurel County to watch Marvin Lewis' messed up bunch.

I totally agree that having a pro team can only be a positive for the economy as far as jobs go. I know a few guys that sell beer at both the Bengals and Reds games. I take my kids for a ride on home game days past all the tail gaters and we honk and kids yell who-Dey. I agree there is something about getting together with friends and family and cheering for him to win. But the fact that Mike Brown could care less if his product wins or loses makes it personal for me. You want me to pay those prices when you aren’t willing to give me 100% effort on your side? Not willing to honor past players with any kind of memorabilia inside the stadium, no ring of honor, no hall of fame? Acting like a smug sob on top of it saying I’m old school? You walk into the tax payer funded stadium and if you came from another country you’d have zero clue who played in the tax payer stadium bc of Mike Browns arrogance. So yes if he wanted leave I’d say see ya and feel sorry for the city that gets this Franchise

Hey at least the soccer team would have an available stadium!