I'm generally not in favor of a dome in Birmingham, or anything that is a big project that this city runs or manages, but this would be a time when the dome might be of big advantage to Birmingham. Make the thing seat at least 70,000, and the draw for a Bama-Clemson game could be done here. It's around 4 hours from Clemson, or less, and an hour from T-town.
Let's face it, Jacksonville wasn't necessarily "neutral turf" for a Bama-FSU game now was it, regardless of ticket sales?