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Originally Posted by blazingfire
Insane with the amount of vacant lots and parking lots surrounding the UC, that there hasn't been a plan similar to LA Live or something like the new Bucks arena for the area. So much potential.
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Given that the head of both ownership groups are 70/87 years old, both are conservative by nature, and they don't want to make any significant moves until the new generation ushers in. The new generation wants the leeway to either sell or make their own stamp on the franchise, a scenario that will not happen until they take the reigns. Or the thinking may be, why saddle new ownership groups with debt or hard assets that are "old baggage" when the new owners may want to build their own stadium/amenities.
My inkling is that in the next decade, one or both franchises will sell the team shortly after the patriarchs die, and depending on who the new owners are, one or both will push for new arenas, given that the UC will be nearly 40 years old in 10 years at that point.