I haven't read all the stuff on X....but are we talking $35 million cold, hard cash-in-the-bank, or pledge/planned $?

If the conference invite doesn't come, does the money still come for the stadium?

Only in the state capital can you pledge to spend $40M not knowing what the product is nor the customer!

This isn’t a knock on Sac. I just don’t see how this is a sustainable model for anyone outside the power 4 conferences. I can’t imagine substantial TV money coming to either the MWC or PACX. Its just a mess

Clearly all y’all haven’t seen Field of Dreams. (Kidding)

, I sure hope we do.

Here is a link to the whole article that is much easier to read than the X tweet that Kadeezy posted earlier. It's certainly impressive to raise $35 million in less than 24 hours. There's some deep pockets in Sac that are pulling out all the stops to move Sac to FBS.

“The $35 million we have secured over the last 24 hours demonstrates the civic and business commitment of all of those in the greater Sacramento region to this effort, an effort we know will pay great dividends to the university’s athletes and students, as well as Hornet fans and businesses across Sacramento,” said Sac12 co-chair Josh Wood. “We are thrilled to announce this tremendous first step and will continue to work to reach our stated goal of $50 million.”

Whole article here: https://www.on3.com/nil/news/sacramento-state-hornets-pac-12-committee-raises-35-million-nil-funds/

Haven't had time to read it yet, but how does Sac go from a poor high school gym, a stuck in the mud temporary stadium bleachers, to $35 M over 48 hours for NIL - while still an average member of the Big Sky? One or two huge donors in a government town?

Exactly.

They are following the John Fisher playbook.

Good question! They seem to have found some big donors who are all in.

Downtown Sac has made a tremendous investment in new infrastructure and the revitalization in the downtown area over the past few years. There's a lot of new construction along with rehabilitation of older buildings going on currently and lots of street and utilities improvement also. There many new restaurants and bars that have opened and Sacramento has become known as a farm to fork destination. The New York Times recently wrote an article about how Sacramento has become a destination for a wide variety of great restaurants. Downtown Sac has a growing, vibrant night life scene also and there's lots of development going on along the river front by Old Town. The massive Railyard development will have a new stadium for the Sacramento FC Republic soccer team too.

So my guess is that there are Sacramento donors who see a business good business opportunity for themselves by investing in the development of a major college sports program. It makes sense that these donors who have businesses in Sacramento understand that a major college sports program, especially football, would be good for hotels, restaurants, bars and many other businesses.

Not all love regarding the Sac stadium news…
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