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Cincinnati will NEVER host a Super Bowl.

Well the truth is the Cincinnati could have a had Super Bowl if it had a Dome. The team wanted grass at the time so no dome and Super Bowl.

Also Riverfront was designed to have a dome but they never built it.

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One can certainly argue that it is . . .

And to me, actually doing that is worse than sharing a beverage with a friend or family member.

A web site asks for a log on and some times a small fee for what is for all intents a creative product and/or art.

This could be compared with someone allowing you to use their season pass to enter a park.

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Not once have I ever suggested bugmenot.com for any website that asks for a small fee or even identifying data. The wrist bracelets for drinks are not free. Not even close. There is a difference here, and in more than just degree...

Sharing a nearly seven dollar all you can drink 'buffet' is far different than sharing a log on to a website anyone can access free.

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Interpreter or anybody that might know,

I have been wondering something and with the situation at Great America it seems like this is an appropriate place to put this.

Realistically how much money do you think CF can get for the Geauga Lake property? It seems to me if they can get a good bit of money for GL and can get the $110 million for GA it would go a long way in getting them back in good financial standing.

What do you think?

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Not once have I ever suggested bugmenot.com for any website that asks for a small fee or even identifying data. The wrist bracelets for drinks are not free. Not even close. There is a difference here, and in more than just degree...

Sharing a nearly seven dollar all you can drink 'buffet' is far different than sharing a log on to a website anyone can access free.

But even if they do not ask for monetary payment, they do ask you to register.

By using bugmenot.com, someone is bypassing the payment (all be it not monetary) that the website asks for.

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Cincinnati will NEVER host a Super Bowl.

Well the truth is the Cincinnati could have a had Super Bowl if it had a Dome. The team wanted grass at the time so no dome and Super Bowl.

Also Riverfront was designed to have a dome but they never built it.

I looked one time at the locations of all the Super Bowls and it's either been in a warm weather climate year round area or a dome... sometimes both.

So much for the cold being "football weather."

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Cincinnati will NEVER host a Super Bowl.

Well the truth is the Cincinnati could have a had Super Bowl if it had a Dome. The team wanted grass at the time so no dome and Super Bowl.

Also Riverfront was designed to have a dome but they never built it.

Nice how Indianapolis is replacing the RCA Dome with a new retractable roof stadium. Sure the Dome was climate controlled, but it was the smallest NFL facility, it had many bleacher seats, no escalators, etc. Lucas Oil Stadium may have the new artificial stuff, but he ability to close the roof lets them host many more events, especially the NCAA Basketball Final Four every four years or so. The Bengals wanted grass so bad, but after a few years and some I-Team stories, they gave up and switched to FieldTurf.

Oh, and Indianapolis will have the Super Bowl in 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Oil_Stadium

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I've been following the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. It's supposed to be the first stadium to cost over $1 Billion. It looks insanely awesome.

http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/

Shaggy - a die hard Cowboys fan.... no tomatos please!

I'm not a big Cowboys fan but I sure do enjoy seeing Romo throwing a pass to Witten....

Jerry Jones must be the George Steinbrenner of football... is it a coincence that both the 'Boys and the Yanks are opening new stadia?

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Decision on Coaster Delayed; Cedar Fair ordered to sit down and talk:

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10482634

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And whether the City wants to recognize it or not, as a lessee, Cedar Fair has rights that must be recognized...and the City cannot really order them to much of anything, even if the City is the landlord...down this road a lawsuit lies....

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Economy slows 49ers' stadium plans; could it lead to talks with Raiders?:

Given the disruption of the bond markets and the 49ers' continuing impasse with the Ohio company {Cedar Fair} that controls the land where the 68,000-seat stadium would be built, the team's plan to begin construction next year for a 2012 opening is almost certainly defunct, sources said. Santa Clara Mayor Patricia Mahan said the recession could force Santa Clara to pare back its financial investment of up to $136 million in redevelopment money in the project....

Also looming is a stalemate between the 49ers and Cedar Fair Entertainment, the Ohio amusement park company that owns Great America. Over the past six months, "there's been no progress in that area," Lang said. A Cedar Fair spokeswoman, Stacy Frole, said the company is still willing to sell its interest in Great America to the 49ers, clearing a path to build the stadium on Great America's main parking lot, but she agreed there has been no significant progress.

"It's the same situation," she said....

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11419367

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49ers deny Raiders will share their stadium:

"....The 49ers still have to persuade Cedar Fair, the company that owns Great America, to support the project. The company has said it wants financial concessions in exchange for its support, including unilateral control over stadium scheduling during Great America's season and parking revenue from the stadium.

"We have not made much progress with Cedar Fair," Lang said Saturday. "We will continue to have discussions with them ... but it remains a hurdle."...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../BACL1579LS.DTL

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49ers deny Raiders will share their stadium:

"....The 49ers still have to persuade Cedar Fair, the company that owns Great America, to support the project. The company has said it wants financial concessions in exchange for its support, including unilateral control over stadium scheduling during Great America's season and parking revenue from the stadium.

"We have not made much progress with Cedar Fair," Lang said Saturday. "We will continue to have discussions with them ... but it remains a hurdle."...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../BACL1579LS.DTL

Thank god!

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Stalled negotiations and economic uncertainty now have the San Francisco 49ers eyeing a vote in November rather than June on their proposed $900 million stadium in Santa Clara - a delay that could leave the team stuck at Candlestick Park well into the next decade.

At the very least, team officials acknowledge that the extra five months before a vote means the Niners' hoped-for home near the Great America amusement park probably won't be built by their self-imposed deadline of 2012....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...&type=49ers

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[Cedar Fair] would seek to sell excess land or theme parks in Toronto, Cleveland, Kansas City and Minnesota, as well as continue discussions with the 49ers about the potential sale of Great America.

This seems sad, are they really considering the sale of Canada's Wonderland? I thought that was one of the top performing parks?!?!

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