re: Neyland Stadium Entertainment District

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The Arizona Cardinals have something similar in Glendale. We hung out there before the NC game in 2011.

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Yea, it's not nearly as good.

I assume that they hope that the location on the river and near campus makes it a retail area that people visit year round, because part of the appeal of places like the Battery is that they are attached to stadiums that have games or events 100+ nights a year (including concerts and other games played at the location). A college football stadium hosts 20 events a year, maybe? Max?

The entire financial setup of the Battery - down to the lease agreement structures for the tenants - are tied into the seasonality of in-season and out-of season.

I'd guess that the location for this has some decent year-end potential due to it's location near both campus and downtown (and being on the river), plus the overall collapse of the strip and push of almost all bar/nightlife activity downtown the last decade or so.