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I never thought about this, but the money poured into sports in US is insane.

Reading this article in the USA Today I noticed this:

Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
Cost: $695 million-plus
Projected opening: August 2008
Projected seating capacity: 63,000 for football
Features: Huge window will provide view of Indianapolis skyline. Stadium design incorporates brick, steel and glass and aims to reflect historic feel of Indiana’s high school and college sports venues. Features retractable roof with two moving panels that meet in peak above stadium center (panels will rest above seating when roof is open).

Dallas Cowboys, Arlington, Texas
Cost: About $1 billion
Projected opening: 2009
Projected capacity: About 100,000 for big events
Features: Billed as largest NFL stadium when finished. Includes 120-foot-high by 180-foot-wide clear glass retractable doors beyond each end zone; video boards hung from arches over field will be 60 yards long (making upper-deck seats more attractive for fans, according to Cowboys); retractable roof.
Online: Stadium “Fly Through” video, more details: http://stadium.dallascowboys.com

Giants/Jets , East Rutherford, N.J.
Cost: $1.3 billion
Projected opening: 2010
Projected capacity: 82,500
Features: Will host 20 NFL games a season as home to Giants and Jets. Stadium look will change depending on whether Giants or Jets are playing. For instance: Its exterior will be lighted by colors of team playing. Stadium will also feature 2,500 high-definition displays and four giant video boards.

Do you see that??!!  $1.3 billion for a stadium…  WOW!

This, apparently, is a very large drive for many technologies.  This is where plasma TVs and the like are going to show off their glory.  This is where the common people will decide to get a plasma or LCD TV because they saw this or that commercial during the game.  This is where huge companies will advertise their useless junk and will pickup hundreds of thousands of customers…

All this is truly amazing to me.  I am formulating some form of an idea in my head on global technology developments and the way people influence and are influenced by advertisements and all the various forms of subliminal advertisements, etc.  I have nothing solid in my head just yet, but it’s coming :)  Stay tuned.