I've just been awarded press accreditation to cover The Jacksonville Jaguars for the whole week during the build up to their game against The San Fransisco 49ers at Wembley next Sunday.
Now whilst I'm not promising anything, I am going to try my very best to get an interview with our owner.
Does anyone have anything they want to ask, and I may put them to him.
Is Premier League status sustainable for a club the size of Fulham without constant inward investment?
Will the proposed Riverside expansion be sufficient in itself to make Fulham a sustainable mid-table club?
Is there money to spend in January?
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
twit
you can say twit but not tw@t, how queer
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
As any old time dad would ask a prospective son-in-law...
"Are your intentions honourable......?"
We all would love to know the answer to that one. Some of us are less concerned than others that the honest answer may come out as "Not entirely".
Since you'll be covering the NFL game, I think it's only fair to ask an NFL question:
How much time has been given to the rebuilding of the Jaguars team? At which point do you expect to begin seeing a return on that investment in the form of winning seasons? Is the plan on track as you are seeing things this season?
Quote from: Peabody on October 15, 2013, 08:51:54 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
Are there any plans to link Jacksonville to Fulham? More so then the cheerleaders and merchandise? This isnt a "are the jags moving to london" question, but if there are plans for more extensive links then it would be the first of its kind for a Premiership owner, who also owns a NFL team.
I know we are concerned for the future of our club but if he is covering the Jags they should be some what related questions, though i bet Shad wouldnt be suprised at recieveing strictly Fulham questions.
Quote from: andersons11 on October 15, 2013, 09:22:15 PM
Are there any plans to link Jacksonville to Fulham? More so then the cheerleaders and merchandise? This isnt a "are the jags moving to london" question, but if there are plans for more extensive links then it would be the first of its kind for a Premiership owner, who also owns a NFL team.
I know we are concerned for the future of our club but if he is covering the Jags they should be some what related questions, though i bet Shad wouldnt be suprised at recieveing strictly Fulham questions.
One of the questions I was going to ask was one along the lines of - 'Now that you have this partnership, will it mean that Fuham will be playing the majority of their pre-season games in Jacksonville?'
Can you please allow Martin Jol to purchase the players he really wants & not those that Mackintosh says he can have.
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 15, 2013, 09:24:14 PM
Quote from: andersons11 on October 15, 2013, 09:22:15 PM
Are there any plans to link Jacksonville to Fulham? More so then the cheerleaders and merchandise? This isnt a "are the jags moving to london" question, but if there are plans for more extensive links then it would be the first of its kind for a Premiership owner, who also owns a NFL team.
I know we are concerned for the future of our club but if he is covering the Jags they should be some what related questions, though i bet Shad wouldnt be suprised at recieveing strictly Fulham questions.
One of the questions I was going to ask was one along the lines of - 'Now that you have this partnership, will it mean that Fuham will be playing the majority of their pre-season games in Jacksonville?'
I can definately see him atleast coming to the US next year.
1. why buy Fulham? What is the specific attraction?
2. How much money do you intend to take out of the club each season?
3. Fans expect progression, what are your expectations, league position, Europe, cups or are we going to remain a mid table PL club while our owner banks an inordinate amount of money from us?
4. Self sustaining is possible but that restricts progression as things stand. What ideas do you have to break new markets/new income streams.
5. What do you know about the future of football? Will clubs be able to negotiate their own tv deals therefore increasing revenue significantly (as per spain)
6. If you sanctioned 5 £10m player deals in the summer (progression) would the money be loaned to FFC? Interest free? A gift? How quickly would this have to be paid back.
7. If we get relegated, then what??
8. Thank you for buying FFC, if nothing else, it has given hope, talking points and a dare to dream about what might be.
9. For the outlay required, is it actually worth your while investing to get us in to the Europa league? You won't make money unless we get to the final and actually win the thing.
10 my own point of view, do not move us from CC. Do not turn us in to a Man City/Chelsea soulless clubs, at least let us flirt with Europe again. Give youth a chance, both players and managers, some good young managers out there, lets get some local lads in the first team, Fulham should be a club that attracts local talent with the view we offer great facilities and a genuine chance of a route to the first team. Confirm each season what you expect from the first team, if its mid table with little effort in the cup then say!
An excellent post Tempest, I would like the replies to your questions and would like to add that I really don't care about the Jaguars!
If I were interviewing him I'd want to start with some very gentle questions designed to tease out the strength of his knowledge of and interest in football in general and English football in particular.
I really would like to know if this is a lifelong interest, even obsession, or whether it's about sports ownership in general - prestige, marketing, money etc.
I'd leave the specifics about the immediate plans to deal with the playing side because I'm sure he's too shrewd to give out any sort of confidential information.
The big question is "why Fulham?" and the PR correct reasons he's given so far don't give me a hint of the real answer.
Why Fulham when West Ham have the Olympic stadium with, presumably, the potential to host the NFL game?
MAF wanting to sell is one reason why he chose Fulham, I suppose.
Another might be the London location.
He also presumably deliberately chose a modest sized club - one which is fairly unique being in one of the most competitive, elite leagues in the world, but remains a comparatively small club, with little option for expansion because of the size of the stadium.
Is he thinking of moving the club to a bigger ground? well he must know the difficulties of this, and he also presumably knows of, and finds attractive, Fulham's niche 'brand' of the family club by the Thames, the oldest in london.
So I think he wants to be associated with Fulham to expand his other interests and promote them over here.
And for this I'm sure he realises that he needs to keep Fulham in the Prem , and at least maintain Fulham's status as a mid table Prem club
What are your views on expansion of CC vs a new stadium and what are your current and long-term plans?
1. I suppose the first and most obvious question on everyone's minds, Mr. Kahn, is, "Why did you buy Fulham?" It's a small club with a relatively small stadium, small seating capacity. It carried a big debt load for its size. It has been punching above its weight for years, a mid=table team struggling to compete in the EPL. Why buy Fulham?
2. Mr. Kahn, the club reportedly breaks even or loses money every year. When you bought the club did you think there were untapped revenue streams that you could explore which would somehow make the club more regularly profitable, and, if so, what are they?
3. Mr. Kahn, for Fulham to survive in the Premier League, for it to avoid the economic death of relegation with which it is currently flirting, how much money do you think it should be spending every year on player payroll? Is there a minimum player payroll, expressed as a percentage of total annual club expenditures, which you see as necessary to avoid the threat of relegation, and if so, what is that percentage?
4. Mr. Kahn, commentators have remarked about the average age of Fulham players relative to the league as a whole, that we have the oldest roster in the league. That that average age has mortgaged Fulham's future, reduced average team foot speed and endurance. This is a game without TV time outs, one without regular and repetitive stoppages of play and without large scale player rotations, yet requiring near constant player movement. How can Fulham compete with the age of its lineup, and what specific plans do you have to address the age issue?
5. Mr. Kahn, following up on that last question about age, Fulham also has one of the best Academy squads in the league, yet few of those youngsters are finding their way onto Fulham's roster over time. Why is that? What plans do you have to make the Academy program more relevant to Fulham's future needs?
6. Mr. Kahn, this is a sport with a betting culture attached to it, where bets and odds given exist for just about everything, including which manager will get sacked next for poor performance. Mr. Jol's name is at the top of that leaderboard right now with odds makers. Do you continue to stand by Mr. Jol, and if so, why?
7. Mr. Kahn, did Commissioner Goodell make any promises to you regarding relocation of the Jaguars to London? What synergies do you think realistically exist in having both an American NFL team and an English Premier League team? An NFL team can't be relegated for an 0 and 16 season, but an EPL team is under the constant threat of relegation, and all of the economic peril that relegation brings with it. Do you fully understand the need to invest in players and coaches necessary to avoid the likelihood of relegation? What steps are you taking to address our current run of poor form, or inability to score, our inability to take more than a few shots on goal a game, or average player age?
When are you going to officially announce that the expansion of the riverside stand will not take place?
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 09:09:19 PM
Quote from: Peabody on October 15, 2013, 08:51:54 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
I never saw any interview where Kahn said MAF asset stripped the club or in fact any interview any where by anyone saying that?.
I may have missed it being here in Belgium but I try to keep up to date. Can you post a link to where he said it.
Quote from: westcliff white on October 16, 2013, 01:07:51 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 09:09:19 PM
Quote from: Peabody on October 15, 2013, 08:51:54 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
I never saw any interview where Kahn said MAF asset stripped the club or in fact any interview any where by anyone saying that?.
I may have missed it being here in Belgium but I try to keep up to date. Can you post a link to where he said it.
oh you are on about that bit. so what do you call selling our big players for millions and not replacing them followed by one of the smallest budgets even though with player sales and huge tv revenue increases we should have had a decent summer budget? i call it asset stripping
something something michael jackson statue
Quote from: ToodlesMcToot on October 15, 2013, 09:02:32 PM
Since you'll be covering the NFL game, I think it's only fair to ask an NFL question:
How much time has been given to the rebuilding of the Jaguars team? At which point do you expect to begin seeing a return on that investment in the form of winning seasons? Is the plan on track as you are seeing things this season?
very sharp,I can see where your going with this line of questioning :clap_hands:
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
do you have any plans to name the new Riverside Stand? if so what?
Quote from: Two Ton Ted on October 16, 2013, 03:17:18 PM
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
You'd have to go with the shark I feel. The amount of wriggling and writhing around it would do, the bear would try to get a scratch, but would just keep missing, thus wearing him down. Then the shark just needs to bite back, and in one go the bear is dead
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 07:36:21 PM
Quote from: Two Ton Ted on October 16, 2013, 03:17:18 PM
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
You'd have to go with the shark I feel. The amount of wriggling and writhing around it would do, the bear would try to get a scratch, but would just keep missing, thus wearing him down. Then the shark just needs to bite back, and in one go the bear is dead
Wouldn't the Shark hypothetically get out of breath in a fairly short time?
Hey RL63 - ask him how he feels about FFC fans who shout abuse at their own players?
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Quote from: ron on October 16, 2013, 08:44:37 PM
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 07:36:21 PM
Quote from: Two Ton Ted on October 16, 2013, 03:17:18 PM
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
You'd have to go with the shark I feel. The amount of wriggling and writhing around it would do, the bear would try to get a scratch, but would just keep missing, thus wearing him down. Then the shark just needs to bite back, and in one go the bear is dead
Wouldn't the Shark hypothetically get out of breath in a fairly short time?
We're talking level playing field. So maybe the shark gets to wear a bowl over his head/gills that means he can breathe
Quote from: SP on October 16, 2013, 08:58:13 PM
Hey RL63 - ask him how he feels about FFC fans who shout abuse at their own players?
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Ask him how he feels about a star player visibly chastising teammates during games for ineffective play.
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
Quote from: ron on October 16, 2013, 08:44:37 PM
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 07:36:21 PM
Quote from: Two Ton Ted on October 16, 2013, 03:17:18 PM
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
You'd have to go with the shark I feel. The amount of wriggling and writhing around it would do, the bear would try to get a scratch, but would just keep missing, thus wearing him down. Then the shark just needs to bite back, and in one go the bear is dead
Wouldn't the Shark hypothetically get out of breath in a fairly short time?
We're talking level playing field. So maybe the shark gets to wear a bowl over his head/gills that means he can breathe
Wouldn't that interfere with his biting ability? Perhaps you could fit the polar bear with some sort of aqualung that fit his nose, leaving his teeth available. Does a bear eat shark fin soup?
When will work start on the new riverside stand and anticipated date for completion?
After his success in business does his Sport Investments give him the same thrill as building his company. Or is there just too many things that are out of his control in sport.
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
Quote from: ron on October 16, 2013, 08:44:37 PM
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 07:36:21 PM
Quote from: Two Ton Ted on October 16, 2013, 03:17:18 PM
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
You'd have to go with the shark I feel. The amount of wriggling and writhing around it would do, the bear would try to get a scratch, but would just keep missing, thus wearing him down. Then the shark just needs to bite back, and in one go the bear is dead
Wouldn't the Shark hypothetically get out of breath in a fairly short time?
We're talking level playing field. So maybe the shark gets to wear a bowl over his head/gills that means he can breathe
Do I really need to explain? :022:
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Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 09:07:59 PM
Quote from: ron on October 16, 2013, 08:44:37 PM
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 16, 2013, 07:36:21 PM
Quote from: Two Ton Ted on October 16, 2013, 03:17:18 PM
On a hypothetical level playing field, who do you think you win a fight between a polar bear and a great white shark?
You'd have to go with the shark I feel. The amount of wriggling and writhing around it would do, the bear would try to get a scratch, but would just keep missing, thus wearing him down. Then the shark just needs to bite back, and in one go the bear is dead
Wouldn't the Shark hypothetically get out of breath in a fairly short time?
We're talking level playing field. So maybe the shark gets to wear a bowl over his head/gills that means he can breathe
Do I really need to explain? :022:
See, we can't resolve it here. If anyone can, Khan can...
As the thread has already been hijacked, I'd just like to add my comments on the shark/bear debate:
As a keen naturalist and experienced shark diver, I believe that in any situation the polar bear would win. Polar bears are extremely strong swimmers, and with 4-5" of blubber and 6" of fur covering their bodies, they are very well protected against the razor sharp teeth of the great white. Great White sharks hunt from below with mouths wide open and attempt to stun/disable victims with a single bite before swimming away and coming back to finish the job. Polar Bear claws are also razor sharp and about 6 inches long. A single bite from the shark would take a mop of fur and blubber which is extremely tough for the shark to bite through: usually when feeding on whale carcasses the shark will grapple on and grind it's jaws from side to side in order to saw off the blubber, which in this instance would be extremely impractical as the bear would be swiping swathes of muscle and cartilage off of the shark while it undertook this lengthy feed.
To conclude, whilst it would be a very close fight, the polar bear's ability to swipe while the shark attacks would render the shark disabled long before the bear.
Quote from: The Equalizer on October 17, 2013, 10:50:41 AM
As the thread has already been hijacked, I'd just like to add my comments on the shark/bear debate:
As a keen naturalist and experienced shark diver, I believe that in any situation the polar bear would win. Polar bears are extremely strong swimmers, and with 4-5" of blubber and 6" of fur covering their bodies, they are very well protected against the razor sharp teeth of the great white. Great White sharks hunt from below with mouths wide open and attempt to stun/disable victims with a single bite before swimming away and coming back to finish the job. Polar Bear claws are also razor sharp and about 6 inches long. A single bite from the shark would take a mop of fur and blubber which is extremely tough for the shark to bite through: usually when feeding on whale carcasses the shark will grapple on and grind it's jaws from side to side in order to saw off the blubber, which in this instance would be extremely impractical as the bear would be swiping swathes of muscle and cartilage off of the shark while it undertook this lengthy feed.
To conclude, whilst it would be a very close fight, the polar bear's ability to swipe while the shark attacks would render the shark disabled long before the bear.
how quick can a polar bear actually swipe his claw under water? surely the drag created by the water would slow it sufficently enough for it to not harm the shark.
Also being an experienced shark hunter - I have been looking for a chippie that has Huss and Chips on the menu for ages - (Do you oldsters remember when dogfish/shark was a common offering, sold as "Rock Salmon"?)......
....So I now think the Polar Bear would be extremely lucky to encounter any member of the shark family. And of course when it finally did, it would be so ravenously hungry, it would most probably at a stroke peel and eat the shark as if it were a mere maritime banana.
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Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
I never saw any interview where Kahn said MAF asset stripped the club or in fact any interview any where by anyone saying that?.
I may have missed it being here in Belgium but I try to keep up to date. Can you post a link to where he said it.
oh you are on about that bit. so what do you call selling our big players for millions and not replacing them followed by one of the smallest budgets even though with player sales and huge tv revenue increases we should have had a decent summer budget? i call it asset stripping
I see where your coming from, but i dont agree with that view personally.
But you stated Kahn said the club was asset stripped, so I was wondering where he had said it as I had not seen him say that. Is there a link?
ask him to explain the offside rule, want to see if he's grasped this soccer lark yet
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Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
I never saw any interview where Kahn said MAF asset stripped the club or in fact any interview any where by anyone saying that?.
I may have missed it being here in Belgium but I try to keep up to date. Can you post a link to where he said it.
oh you are on about that bit. so what do you call selling our big players for millions and not replacing them followed by one of the smallest budgets even though with player sales and huge tv revenue increases we should have had a decent summer budget? i call it asset stripping
I see where your coming from, but i dont agree with that view personally.
But you stated Kahn said the club was asset stripped, so I was wondering where he had said it as I had not seen him say that. Is there a link?
er no i didnt. re read it. i said ask khan who advised him to impliment a transfer policy that was put in place by a chairman desperate to sell who had started asset stripping the season before.
Quote from: fulhamben on October 17, 2013, 03:44:52 PM
Quote from: westcliff white on October 17, 2013, 02:04:10 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 16, 2013, 01:16:07 PM
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Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 09:09:19 PM
Quote from: Peabody on October 15, 2013, 08:51:54 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
I never saw any interview where Kahn said MAF asset stripped the club or in fact any interview any where by anyone saying that?.
I may have missed it being here in Belgium but I try to keep up to date. Can you post a link to where he said it.
oh you are on about that bit. so what do you call selling our big players for millions and not replacing them followed by one of the smallest budgets even though with player sales and huge tv revenue increases we should have had a decent summer budget? i call it asset stripping
I see where your coming from, but i dont agree with that view personally.
But you stated Kahn said the club was asset stripped, so I was wondering where he had said it as I had not seen him say that. Is there a link?
er no i didnt. re read it. i said ask khan who advised him to impliment a transfer policy that was put in place by a chairman desperate to sell who had started asset stripping the season before.
i have read it not wanting to start a barney but when I read it as below it sort of implies Kahn said he asset stripped. Hence why I think some one asked where is the evidence. I was just wanting to read it as that would be a massive accusation if it had been made
And where is your evidence for this?
just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
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Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 09:09:19 PM
Quote from: Peabody on October 15, 2013, 08:51:54 PM
Quote from: fulhamben on October 15, 2013, 07:49:33 PM
what twit advised you to implement a transfer plan set by a chairmen who desperate to get rid of the club and had already started asset stripping the season before?
And where is your evidence for this?
? just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
I never saw any interview where Kahn said MAF asset stripped the club or in fact any interview any where by anyone saying that?.
I may have missed it being here in Belgium but I try to keep up to date. Can you post a link to where he said it.
oh you are on about that bit. so what do you call selling our big players for millions and not replacing them followed by one of the smallest budgets even though with player sales and huge tv revenue increases we should have had a decent summer budget? i call it asset stripping
I see where your coming from, but i dont agree with that view personally.
But you stated Kahn said the club was asset stripped, so I was wondering where he had said it as I had not seen him say that. Is there a link?
er no i didnt. re read it. i said ask khan who advised him to impliment a transfer policy that was put in place by a chairman desperate to sell who had started asset stripping the season before.
i have read it not wanting to start a barney but when I read it as below it sort of implies Kahn said he asset stripped. Hence why I think some one asked where is the evidence. I was just wanting to read it as that would be a massive accusation if it had been made
And where is your evidence for this?
just about every interview shad gave when he bought the club
implied how? and the reference to shad was that in every interview he said he would impliment the policy already in place. which was one made by a man who wanted out
Adult Great White shark kills bear in water. Bears are good swimmers. Good long distance swimmers, too. But one bite on a back leg and the bear's a goner in open water.
Unfair to ask Khan to explain the offsides rule. I'll bet if you showed select footage of offsides rule in action in extended play scenarios, a lot of people would get it wrong.
Does he still have any contact with MAF?
Quote from: Burt on October 17, 2013, 05:38:16 PM
Does he still have any contact with MAF?
very much doubt it after the way mo was pulling his tache and threatening to cut it off if he got rid of the peado statue. Wasn't mo's finest hour
Quote from: Riether Lightning 63 on October 15, 2013, 07:27:55 PM
I've just been awarded press accreditation to cover The Jacksonville Jaguars for the whole week during the build up to their game against The San Fransisco 49ers at Wembley next Sunday.
Now whilst I'm not promising anything, I am going to try my very best to get an interview with our owner.
Does anyone have anything they want to ask, and I may put them to him.
I have three questions for our new owner and sage.......
"If a Polar Bear and a Tiger get into a fight, who would win?".
"If rabbits became friends with ants, what would that lead to in the end....anarchy or peace amongst the other creatures in the forest?"
Does he agree that even if no life is found on Jupiter, wouldn't it still be prudent to declare it a hostile planet?"
Those are my questions
Please repeat the questions exactly as I have posed them, otherwise the truth will be obscured and our understanding of how the great man thinks will be no clearer.
Terry
:doh:
Quote from: Tempest on October 15, 2013, 10:20:20 PM
1. why buy Fulham? What is the specific attraction?
When Khan answers with the banal and meaningless, 'it was the right club at the right time' can you actually ask him to explain what he really means? Perhaps phrase it as a multiple choice question:
a) I am a lifelong Fulham fan and have always dreamed of owning the mighty whites
b) I am a football fan and wanted to be part of the best league in the world
c) I am collecting professional sports clubs as a hobby
d) MAF assured me that there was money to be made owning a football club in England
e) I wanted to raise the profile of the Jags for when I move them to London
f) Someone on Location Location said I could make a few dollars on buying this old stadium and turning it in to riverside apartments
feel free to add other options......
