Florida: The Land of Athlete Mansions
1-liner, Former Athletes, Michael Jordan September 30th. 2009, 11:15amMichael Jordan: Think Derek Jeter’s building a palace in Tampa? Michael Jordan’s new digs dwarf Jeter’s humble abode. Square footage: 37,942. It’ll have 11 bedrooms, an elevator, a grand stairway, 10-foot ceilings and a giant fireplace. “He’s got three acres of wooded land adjacent to a golf course. Golf, and the privacy of a gated community, is what caught Jordan’s attention.” [Page 2 Live]
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September 30th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Are 10 foot ceilings that impressive? Wouldn’t that just mean Jordan will be bumping his head if he decides to jump? I am pretty sure my small condo has 10ft ceilings.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Why in the hell would anyone need a house that big? I guess when you have as much money as MJ does it is no big deal, but it just seems stupid to me to have a house that size.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
that’s a huge place. it could be a very nice intimate setting when he invites his family down to stay and gathers them around the fireplace to remind them again, how much better he is than they are, and how he wouldn’t want to be them.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
the king needs a castle. if i had as much as michael i would build me a house just as big. just because i can.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
holy shit…it’s in the Bear’s (jack nicklaus) Club community.
MJ has some fine taste. Jupiter is the residence for like half the top 125 on the PGA.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Florida: The Land of Athlete Mansions
I drove by Stephen King’s mansion the other day. You should see Jerry Springer’s pad
September 30th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
That is a monster house but I am sure that it is no more ridiculous then the mansions that CEO’s and other billionaires have.
I think it is funny that he is basically building himself a compound in Jupiter, FL when he technically works for a team in Charlotte. Bobcat season ticket holders must be happy that he is so committed to the teams success.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:42 AM
No state taxes, great weather, beachfront property, big-booty Latin girls, lots of sports options, a few hours from family-fare in Orlando, a few hours away from adult-fare in Miami or Tampa…
…why not?
September 30th, 2009 at 11:42 AM
If you really rich. Like hit the mega millions on friday rich (crosses fingers) where would you live? I’m not such a big fan of living in Florida, I think I’d stay right here in Jersey
September 30th, 2009 at 11:43 AM
@j.sears
Jordan is scouting all the Florida talent he can find on the golf course. It’s a business move.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Tell that to all your fellow jerseyites that move to NC and start telling us how much better it is in Jersey. Shit pisses me off…
September 30th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
@Jersey:
I think a lot of people who have pleasant memories of where they’re currently living/grew up would probably just stay there. I would probably pick Ohio myself though I would be open to other places depending on how much I eventually get fed up with winter.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:47 AM
id live in a shit shack in scotland and spend my money going from great links course to great links course. id spend the winters in australia doing the exact same thing.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:47 AM
I was down by Raleigh a couple weeks ago on business. Yeah, if it weren;t for the lack of pro teams, I could definitely get used to livin down there. You haven’t heard too much techno or bon jovi blasting down there yet, have you?
September 30th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
I would have a house in a few places. One in the mountains and one in Europe for sure.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:50 AM
i dont understand this great weather shit. Isnt it hot and humid? Whats so great about that?
if you want great weather go to san diego
/maybe my weather is worse than everyones
September 30th, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I went to the University of New Jersey, Southern Branch, what do you think?
September 30th, 2009 at 11:52 AM
fuck living where the weather is good…live where the golf is GREAT. if that means 40 degree weather in scotland, so be it…100 degree weather in san diego…whatever.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Dude that goes like quadruple for Atlanta. Also, you can replace Jersey with just about any other city in the north, and it holds true.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
i’d move to somewhere warm and away from everyone. in a big fucking house
September 30th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Great weather – mid-70s in December/January.
And the weather is great where the golfing is good.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
If you really rich. Like hit the mega millions on friday rich (crosses fingers) where would you live? I’m not such a big fan of living in Florida, I think I’d stay right here in Jersey
but what if your next door neighbor was a dentist?
/Chris Rock’d
Florida weather is fantastic from April 1st to October 15th if you like to have pools of ball sweat gather up on anything you sit on
September 30th, 2009 at 11:56 AM
If I were really rich I would have a summer home and a winter home. Would definitely spend summer and part of fall (through October) in Chicago. Probably head to Phoenix or San Diego for winter.
I would also take all of my friends on a college football trip. Private jet included. I’d go to the Final Four, the National Championship, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup Finals, the World Cup, and the Summer and Winter Olympics.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:56 AM
NC is the land of the second migration. People from up north go to florida, and realize that they miss seasons, so they move to eastern NC where they get spring and fall to go along with summer, but no harsh Buffalo winters.
And it’s been absolutely beautiful this week so far…highs around 72-75, and lows ~55-60. It’s hard to beat fall in my area.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Nice BraveRob. I am sure that is the plan.
If I came into a huge sum of money I would spend the bulk of my time in a resort community somewhere in the tropics. No reason to freeze my ass off in the winter. Staying in the area that you grew up in just invites every person who has some connection to you coming for a handout, investment, or trying to sponge off your riches in some way.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
NC is the land of the second migration. People from up north go to florida, and realize that they miss seasons, so they move to eastern NC where they get spring and fall to go along with summer, but no harsh Buffalo winters.
tallguy: They’re called “half-backs”. Went from Buffalo to FL, where it got WAAAYYY too expensive to live/retire, but they didn’t want to go back to Buffalo, so they went to NC (“half-way back”)
September 30th, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Thankfully the trend has stopped due to the real estate crash. And they also tend to congregate in one area outside my hometown delightfully nicknamed “Yankee Swamp”
September 30th, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I do like Spence’s idea about going somewhere with great golfing. Of course, I’d be concerned about Britain’s taxes screwing you over.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:17 PM
bravesrrob…and if i was theoretically rich, you know how much i’d give to walsh?
id give them a check for $0. because that asshole hasenstab gave me five saturday detentions for dress and hair code violations my sr. year. bastard.
September 30th, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Because Republicans live in mansions too.
/lack of civic activism’d
September 30th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
that’s a huge place. it could be a very nice intimate setting when he invites his family down to stay and gathers them around the fireplace to remind them again, how much better he is than they are, and how he wouldn’t want to be them.
+1
September 30th, 2009 at 1:09 PM
The elevator is not as cool as you think: most houses that size–and really, it’s less a house and more of a building at this point–are required, I believe, to have an elevator by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:30 PM
I believe it was called Cary. Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.
Love the triangle, hate the carpetbaggers.