@SirHinksAlot@EricBalchunas Nope. Tech especially is all about double/triple leverage plays and option gamma squeezes.
None of this is about whether any of these businesses can rationally justify their valuations.
It's a giant game of hot potato.
@RandyR358@Genetics56 Travel would probably just become worse anyhow if the Big Ten expands with a school like Miami for example.
Ends with Miami, Penn State/Rutgers/Maryland, Washington/Oregon, USC/UCLA all in the same league. That nationalization is what drives media value, not regionalization.
@RandyR358@Genetics56 They won't. It's not really possible to do so. Those schools need to play top schools in the Midwest in better time slots. Adding more Western schools doesn't help on either side of that equation.
Even a potential Super League probably wouldn't have more than 4-5 West schools.
@Andyk23Andy@Junxrrcarter@patriotmediauk@SkyNews The park will generate billions of dollars in tourism revenue for local businesses over decades and tens of thousands of long-term jobs supporting those businesses. The impact will be quite clear by 2040. Nothing can really compare to a big Universal or Disney park.
@Andyk23Andy@Junxrrcarter@patriotmediauk@SkyNews Not really a stretch when you consider that Universal's projections have it quickly becoming the most heavily attended attraction in the UK very quickly. A park that can drive 8-10 million attendance every day (20-30k average per day) is a significant economic engine.
@treydingCC@Junxrrcarter@patriotmediauk@SkyNews I realize I'm an outsider to this discussion, but as someone who's seen firsthand how this works, it's more effective for the public than perhaps any other similar scheme. Universal will build the park and benefit, but the area will receive billions in tourism revenue too.
@treydingCC@Junxrrcarter@patriotmediauk@SkyNews hundreds of businesses in the area (many that likely don't exist yet) and that also includes employees of all those businesses. Lots of other entertainment businesses, hotels, food, etc. will want to take advantage of being near a site that will be the busiest in the UK.
@jmess78@CapitalObserver It was all fun and games when it was https://t.co/2XcxCyt9Me which reached a peak of $400 million market cap. That's like a penny compared to what we're seeing with AI and trillion dollar market caps.
@Junxrrcarter@polaris1742@patriotmediauk@SkyNews Plus, Universal views Disneyland Paris as its main competitor in Europe. They have every incentive to build this Universal UK park as a world class competitor that brings in million of visitors (including many from Europe).
@Junxrrcarter@polaris1742@patriotmediauk@SkyNews I can understand the skepticism but I've seen how Orlando has grown in large parts because of the economic benefits of its theme parks and all the hundreds of other nearby businesses that they each support.
@CaptDarkMorning@dr_besty@PolitlcsUK It's going to be the most visited site in the UK over time and will have tons of associated entertainment businesses nearby as well as hotels/food. This investment will benefit everyone involved and especially the local areas.
@AlbenBarkleyFan They own Sky and have lots of employees already there, and they have theme park rights for Harry Potter so UK is the logical destination for it.
@polaris1742@patriotmediauk@Junxrrcarter@SkyNews that otherwise wouldn't have likely come (given lack of Universal parks in mainland Europe). That supports tens of thousands of jobs and lots of associated entermainment/food/hotel businesses. UK and it's people will benefit many times over from this kind of investment.
@polaris1742@patriotmediauk@Junxrrcarter@SkyNews Theme parks in the US have proven to be some of the most effective investments in terms of supporting/developing local economies, so this is different than building a stadium or something. You probably get 8-10m visitors per year from this including 1+ million foreign visitors
@Junxrrcarter@patriotmediauk@SkyNews At the very least, 8-10 million visitors there every year will provide significant economic activity in that area and support tens of thousands of jobs at the park and at local tourism related industries (food, hotel, etc.).
@Junxrrcarter@patriotmediauk@SkyNews It's a theme park. Have you seen Orlando? That whole city was built around tourism at Disney/Universal theme parks and is now one of the most visited cities in the US.
@nothingw4stsame@nolan_bambury25@JSochanMuse We've seen losing team players at night clubs with the winning players right after series have ended in the past, so it wouldn't even be a surprise if he joined them at the after party.