He's gonna have his own theater, bowling alley, babershop, and CASINO ------------------------ The King's castle: theater, bowling alley, casino March 27, 2007 AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James' 35,440-square-foot house under construction in nearby Bath Township is shaping up as a castle fit for a king -- with a theater, bowling alley, casino and barber shop. The house in a suburban location 20 miles south of Cleveland is due to be finished next year. It is being built on 5.6 acres of land purchased, along with an 11-bedroom house, in 2003 for $2.1 million. The Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star and Akron native, whose stated goal is to be the world's first billionaire athlete, razed the house to clear the way for the new one. A first-floor master suite, which includes a two-story walk-in closet, will be about 40 feet wide and 56 feet long -- bigger than half the houses in Bath Township. The house has a dining hall, roughly 27 feet by 27 feet, a "great room" at 34 feet by 37 feet and a bigger, two-story "grand room," according to the Akron Beacon Journal, which reported on the blueprints. The "family foyer" off the six-car garage near the elevator will be dwarfed by a "grand foyer" inside the front entrance with a sweeping, divided staircase leading to four second-story bedrooms. An outer wall will feature a limestone sculpture -- a bas-relief of LeBron's head, wearing his trademark headband. The property is an oddly shaped tract wedged among lots that average 2.3 acres and houses that average 3,209 square feet. His property is 300 feet wide at the street and 677 feet deep. The house already has begun to draw the curious. "People who come to photograph it are disrespectful," said Tom Bader, one of nine immediate next-door neighbors. "They park their car in the middle of the street -- with their doors open! And you're sitting behind them! All I wanna do is go home after a hard day's work." Sometimes Bader must wait to turn into his driveway because gawkers have driven up, hoping for a better view of James' place. "As far as LeBron the man goes, I think he's an outstanding individual," said Bader, a graduate of James' alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron. "He's great for Cleveland. I'm proud to have him. I have no issues with LeBron James at all. The problem is the baggage that he unintentionally carries with him." Bader has discouraged his children's dream that James might have them over to shoot hoops. "I said, `Honey, I don't think that's going to happen. Besides that, don't ever, ever invite LeBron over to our house to play ball because he's going to twist his ankle and I will have my house eternally egged.'" While waiting for the home to be finished, James splits his time between a huge apartment in downtown Cleveland and a relatively modest four-bedroom house in Medina County west of Akron. He paid $580,000 for the house in 2005. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-lebronshouse&prov=ap&type=lgns
Mutumbo builds hospitals....Lebron goes and does this... Not to knock him, but after reading the Kobe article in another thread, reading something like this just seems foolish
Nothing wrong with Lebron doing this, it's a fraction of a year's income for him. It's like the average American buying a $25,000 house. But he better make it exactly what he wants, because he'll never be able to sell it. There is only one person in the world who would want a $30-40 million in Akron.
Properties in Ohio are dirt cheap compared with other places like LA, NYC. 2 bed Condos in Santa Monica cost upwards 800 grand to 1 mil.
My house is 2-stories with a 32' x 32' footprint. It could fit inside his grand room. Dude's going to get tired of walking.
Not if you are married to one! We as fans make this possible, by being here on this bbs you are doing your small part to make them rich.
My goodness, i wonder how many times i can fit my house into his castle! LMAO that sounds kinda funny
don't hate! its his $$$, he can do what he wants to do. if he wants to build hospitals or casinos it his cash.
if I was that rich I would have hundreds of trap doors/rooms, and some kind of Batman kind of cave. Screw a barbershop and casino, he might use those 2 times a year? psh
So you'd rather they get paid less and the owners pocket everything? The league they play for makes a sh*tload of money. Since the league wouldn't exist if not for them, they deserve every penny they get. As long as we fans like attending sporting events and watching them on TV, that's the way it will be.
As long as there's a bowling alley, barbershop, movie theater in my neighborhood and a simulated casino game in my PS2, I don't care what Lebron has that I'm entirely denied of. Be happy. Both for him and yourself.
lol... do you really think, at the end of the day, all that stuff will make him truly happy? not knocking him for all that he's got - just asking whether money and possessions can make you happy...
Might I suggest a doctor. Athletes don't make outrageous salaries in the context of the job they do. Furthermore, if you're so oppossed to their huge salaries maybe you should stop supporting them.
Am I the only one surprised by how cheap that property is? I might start making some real estate investments there.
In context to the income of the league, sure, but I think he's referring to the salary from playing a game. "Playing a game" for them is worth millions over the common man's "sweat and blood". Most athletes do what they love, most common workers don't. And the world keeps on spinnin...
