Of course then there is the cost of running the stadium. It all gets paid for by the the residents. But they don’t believe it.

This guy bought the team and should either rent an available facility or finance a new facility himself. Pro sports teams are not the governments’ responsibility. It is a luxury that is not necessary – especially if it can’t be done without other people’s money.

On November 29th, 2008 at 11:40 am, Jaded said:
Well we do know that PIGS bear PIGLETS….he will spend 40 million if the taxpayers spend 85 million? and of course that really ends up being 200 million with cost overruns and unions requiring X plus X plus X…..how nice of the PIGLET to cough up 40 million of whose money? Daddy’s and where has Daddy made all that money? on the BACKS OF HARDWORKING AMERICANS that’s where!

OINK, OINK!

Hey, don’t blame me!

I find it highly suspect that this kid suddenly has jillions of dollars.

Although the existing park is rather small – seating-wise – what makes this doofus think that just having a larger stadium is necessarily going to attract [1] more fan? The existing stadium, is old, but maintained fairly well. In fact, I like – and even, prefer – the place.

I order de-Merritts for you Mr. Son-of-a-Bailout Master! Feel free to leave anytime you wish. I, for one, won’t stop you.

Somebody bought somebody a hockey rink with taxpayer money but I do not know who or where.

The hockey arena is in Glendale–right across the street from the retractable-roof football stadium. It’s so far on the west side of the city that I wouldn’t expect many spectators from the east side of the city on weeknight games.

Of course, the NHL team had to get its own arena because Colangelo’s NBA arena wasn’t built to accommodate an NHL ice surface. The Coyotes played there when they moved from Winnipeg, but the resulting ice surface put one of the blue lines under the center scoreboard.

But “build-it-and-they-will-come” will keep returning to Phoenix as Maricopa county brings more baseball spring training (Dodgers, Indians and Reds) with tickets that cost the same as regular season games. We’ll have to see if those proposed amusement parks in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties ever actually get anywhere. (I mean, who doesn’t want to visit an amusement park in the middle the open desert during the summer when it’s 115° in the sun?)

On November 29th, 2008 at 6:22 pm, AlohaGuy said:
I thought Portland was a liberal area…or are they conservative fiscally and liberal in social issues? If so, then I should add it to my list of good cities worth of relocating!!

You should actually move to Vancouver, Wa., across the river. Washington has no state income tax, and Portland has no sales tax. A lot of retirees live in Vancouver, Longview, Kelso, or Kalama (no, it’s not Hawaiian) and do all their shopping in Oregon. It’s not like you have to pass through customs.

I thought Portland was a liberal area…or are they conservative fiscally and liberal in social issues? If so, then I should add it to my list of good cities worth of relocating!!

At least you should buy your car there – no sales tax.

It’s also, judging from past experience, something of a longshot. Portland has historically disdained financing sports stadiums (billionaire Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen built the Rose Garden with virtually no public money).

BTW…I thought Portland was a liberal area…or are they conservative fiscally and liberal in social issues? If so, then I should add it to my list of good cities worth of relocating!!

But it has been a boon to Sports agents, arbitrators, parole officers, drug counselors and assorted hangers on who do but take and produce nothing. Hank Paulson’s son will fit right in.
Seattle, Portland and the rest of the Left Coast could use a big tsunami.
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Is NOW the time for the Second American Revolution?