Report: Jaguars Set To Meet With Daytona International Speedway Officials
If the Jaguars have to play future games outside of Jacksonville due to stadium renovations, could Daytona International Speedway be a potential site?
All options appear to be on the table for the Jacksonville Jaguars' future.
With the Jaguars unveiling their designs for their proposed renovated Stadium of the Future this week, the question now is whether the Jaguars will play home games in Jacksonville during potential renovations. If not, they will have to find an outside home for the first time in decades.
One potential site could be the Dayton International Speedway, with Don Muret of VenuesNow reporting officials from the racetrack are set to meet with Jaguars officials to discuss a potential plan to host Jaguars home games.
“It would be an interesting solution, but would also require significant investment in terms of infrastructure,” Lamping said. “It can accommodate a big crowd. It would be a little wonky, but it’s worth considering. After the (Daytona Rising) renovations, it’s nice," Muret wrote. "He said, “I hope we have to deal with that issue (of temporary relocation) because that means we would have a stadium deal.”
"The most efficient and the cheapest route is to do it over two years and go to a stadium that you don't have to add a lot to, which would either be Florida Field [in Gainesville] or Camping World," Jaguars president Mark Lamping said this week, per ESPN. "We've had conversations with both. We've given them the specs and I think it's fair to say that both would be interested, assuming that the schedules would work."
The potentially $2 billion project would require an investment of 50% from Jaguars owner Shad Khan and 50% from the City of Jacksonville. Along with the stadium, areas around the site will also be developed. The Jaguars current lease ends after the 2029 season.
Jaguars officials expect the proposed stadium renovations to take two years if the Jaguars play outside of their home stadium. If the Jaguars continue to play at home, the project would take four years.
Source: Sports Illustrated
