JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It took almost a year to come together, but the city of Jacksonville and the Jaguars have an agreement to renovate EverBank Stadium.
What happened behind the scenes, and who comes out on the better end of a $1.4 billion deal - the city or the team?
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Experts with decades of experience answer those questions in This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition. This episode is all about the “Stadium of the Future” and the financing of the largest public/private partnership in Duval County history.
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“Right from the beginning, it was very obvious that the Jaguars would like to stay here,” Mike Weinstein, the city’s lead negotiator said. “They had a vested interest in making the deal not only appear to be fair but to be fair in reality.”
Like Weinstein, News4JAX Political Analyst Rick Mullaney worked in the administrations of former Jacksonville mayors Ed Austin, John Delaney and John Peyton. Both are experienced attorneys and have negotiated several times with the Jaguars.
Mullaney and Weinstein join the conversation.