But the $1 billion (investment) doesn't happen without the stadium piece of it. The stadium is the anchor. |
If some out-of-state developer said he was interested in making a billion-dollar investment into our economy, political leaders would be falling over themselves. Because of the stadium, people are frozen. They don't know what to do. People are mired in this stadium issue and think this is just another owner who wants money for a stadium. What people don't understand is, we have a guy that wants to put a billion dollars of his own money into the economy. |
It was a very direct, personal, genuine message. |
My personal belief is this deal is not going to get better for the state than right now. |
This is the best opportunity the state has had to solve all three (stadium) issues. There's starting to be some discussions. So we're trying to keep it going, to try and make our case. |
We have no comment on the latest Culpepper e-mail. |
We worked late into the evening last night and it's a competitive process. We're still working on the final details of the contract. |
We're not there yet, but we're not that far off. |
We've been working around the clock and we are just putting the finishing touches on the agreement. |