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re: New Rangers stadium: "one of the worst public projects anyone could imagine"
Posted on 6/23/16 at 8:40 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 6/23/16 at 8:40 am to GetCocky11
The taxpayers do get the shaft in these stadium deals
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Posted on 6/23/16 at 9:03 am to NIH
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No it's not. Football stadiums are awful, awful investments. Even "busy" stadiums may host a dozen events over a year.
Yes, most football stadiums.
Jerry World does a fantastic job of keeping their calendar full compared to other sports arenas.
ETA:
Not saying its a "great investment", just saying its better than most stadiums.
Like a 3 week span in October they had 3 full football games, 2 pro and 1 college, and a sold out Taylor Swift show.
In the 4 weeks prior to that, they had 4 football games, 2 college and 2 pro, an international soccer friendly with Mexico (popular among local demo), and another sold out country show.
So in those 7 weeks, that is 10 big events, only 2 shy of your "12 that even busy stadiums" host in a year?
This post was edited on 6/23/16 at 9:11 am
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:03 am to NIH
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No it's not. Football stadiums are awful, awful investments. Even "busy" stadiums may host a dozen events over a year.
That seems like a low number on events b/c just w/football I can think of at least 12 games off the top of my head that are played there every year w/8 Cowboys games, A&M/Arky, Tech/Baylor, the Cotton Bowl, and the season kickoff matchup (this year its Bama/USC)
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:09 am to Dr RC
don't forget the high school games... funny how stadiums in Texas have so many games throughout the season and Louisiana college stadiums and the Dome have almost none except for the state championships
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:19 am to chalmetteowl
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don't forget the high school games... funny how stadiums in Texas have so many games throughout the season and Louisiana college stadiums and the Dome have almost none except for the state championships
Well, that could be because Texas has 20 million more people than Louisiana
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:31 am to crazy4lsu
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The public funding of stadiums in the US is shameful.
It worked for the Romans.......... Just saying.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:32 am to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:no, that's not why...
Well, that could be because Texas has 20 million more people than Louisiana
as for college stadiums in LA hosting HS, a few of the smaller schools do, but Tulane hasn't had a HS game in their stadium since it was built, and i can't remember LSU ever hosting one since i started following HS football. the Dome used to host a lot of games until the 90s... but they've gotten greedy
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:35 am to NIH
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No it's not. Football stadiums are awful, awful investments. Even "busy" stadiums may host a dozen events over a year.
The Louisiana Superdome was one of the best investments the State could have made.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:59 am to GetCocky11
I like their park. Waste of money imo
Posted on 6/23/16 at 12:11 pm to GetCocky11
Not surprising. We are talking about an organization that employs a guy who ran over another human beings head intentionally. Now the higher ups want to run over the taxpayers head.
The Arlington rangers are the worst kinds of people.
The Arlington rangers are the worst kinds of people.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 12:14 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:And then the Louisiana people shite on Texas for spending sooooo much money on stadiums...that actually get tons of usage.
funny how stadiums in Texas have so many games throughout the season and Louisiana college stadiums and the Dome have almost none except for the state championships
Posted on 6/23/16 at 12:21 pm to Adam Banks
quote:Say what!!!
We are talking about an organization that employs a guy who ran over another human beings head intentionally
Tell me more...
Posted on 6/23/16 at 12:23 pm to shel311
Look up their bullpen savior Matt bush
Posted on 6/23/16 at 12:26 pm to GetCocky11
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A WFAA-TV investigation, however, has found taxpayers may instead pick up to 80 percent of the tab, which amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars more than initially promised by city leaders.
Can't believe this is still happening after the 90's.
Build us a stadium tax-payer and then we will charge you exorbitantly on the back-end to get into the stadium that you built.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 1:17 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Jerry World does a fantastic job of keeping their calendar full compared to other sports arenas.
They do. But with all the taxpayer money given to Jerry and the Rangers, it hasn't registered more than a blip on the local Arlington or DFW economy. There has been very little real estate development around the stadiums even though that was the promise by the owners when they had their hands out for the hand outs. The fact is the fundamental economics of Arlington do not demand new development regardless of new, shiny stadiums.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 4:30 pm to chalmetteowl
Tulane can't have more than one game on a weekend, it was part of their deal with the neighbors who fought the development and building of Yulman Stadium, In addition, only so many of those can be night games because the neighbors bitched about too many night games and having stadium lights on at night.
Meanwhile, Zephyr Field will host a whole bunch of games this coming season.
Meanwhile, Zephyr Field will host a whole bunch of games this coming season.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 4:54 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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It worked for the Romans.......... Just saying.
Yeah, gladiator bouts on the Ocho are awesome!
I also think Rome got more than 20 years out of the Colosseum
I wonder who the Jerry Jones of Rome was, would be hilarious to discover the guy who got the Colosseum built was some a-hole from the sticks of ancient Italy.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 5:58 pm to SirWinston
quote:Cobb Co. Not ATL.
Thanks, Atlanta for your dumbassery leading to this dumbassery.
Figured I'd point that out.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 7:31 pm to GetCocky11
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Where in downtown Dallas would you put it? Somewhere near the AA Center between 35 and the Trinity River?
Maybe the old Reunion Arena site?
Posted on 6/23/16 at 7:34 pm to Chitter Chatter
If the Rangers move to downtown I'll never buy season tickets again.
I like being able to get out of Dallas to go to a game, especially being able to park my car there and it not being a bloodbath trying to leave.
I like being able to get out of Dallas to go to a game, especially being able to park my car there and it not being a bloodbath trying to leave.
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