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[Seattle Times] 15 years after moving Sonics, now it’s the Thunder asking for publicly funded arena
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Paycom Center opened in 2002, the proposed new stadium would open in 2030, so 28 years of operational use, but I understand the point.
The answer, of course, is money. New stadiums=state of the art amenities, bigger footprint, more attractions, higher prices. Going to JerryWorld (AT&T Stadium, Cowboys) is a radically different fan experience from going to, say Soldier Field in Chicago or Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
As a Bears fan, Soldier Field is a dump and I yearn to visit SoFi for a game sometime. It looks so shiny and nice on tv.
I've been to games at Soldier (and Lambeau, and AT&T). I enjoyed Lambeau the most because of the atmosphere of the fans, but my extremely-casual-only-knows-Travis Kelce-because-of-Taylor-Swift NFL fan wife had a lot more fun at AT&T. We definitely spent more at AT&T, too.