I wouldn't mind having an NFL franchise in London, and the Jags are a decent side currently. From watching the odd game on TV when the Jags have been at home in Jacksonville, they don't seem to be particularly well supported at home. Lots of empty seats. I imagine it would make good financial sense from a match day point of view to move the team to London, as well as being the first owner of a non-American NFL side in the history books. I'd certainly go to the odd game if tickets weren't stupidly expensive.

I would mind the FA frittering away the proceeds though! I'd like to think they'd target using the funds with England winning a world cup in 20-30 years in mind.

10 years they have owned it.
The drain on FA resources in servicing this building is huge I'm sure.
Any contract of sale would contain so many rules for a long long period of time that nothing would change.
Apparently the money from the sale would go to grass roots ( won't hold breath) but if some of it went down the line that can only be a good thing.
Also the FA income stream from Wembley would continue.
They probably would pay a rental amount loads less than it costs now to run and reap the profits still from any games.
Also the burden of having every England game there would go because they won't need it as the dosh generator. Then the England team can go around the country.
It would be no different to any business renting a building in any town or city.
With the right contract it can do nothing but good for our game.
Cup semis might also go back to how they were as well
Bring on villa park for the older readers
I can't see a negative and ironically it may in time save enough money to build another huge stadium in the Midlands or farther as fans want. Without the burden we have now.

I heard that one game over here generates 11% of the annual income for a team as I think it creates more interest because
IT'S A LONDON FING
That is why it is sought after

He is cash rich, he'd love to purchase an appreciating asset of that value with guaranteed revenue streams.

The NFL are just as keen as he is to make London happen, he wouldn't need to build a case.

And most NFL stadiums aren't privately owned, they hold the cities to ransom by threatening to move the franchise.

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Edited by Stuk (27 Apr 2018 6.31pm)

Optimistic as ever

I'm not really sure that £900m is enough. If the build cost alone of the stadium is about £900m, then you add the land, plus the value of the finished asset, then you should be looking at a lot more than that. I think the FA should be very suspicious of bids received from out of the blue.