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Dbacks unhappy with Chase Field; threaten lawsuit/departure
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:07 pm
The team is demanding that Maricopa County fund $187 million worth of repairs and renovations to the Chase Field which opened in 1998. Problem is that through their lease, unless they get county approval, the team can't discuss a move elsewhere until 2024. The team has requested to be released from that contract but county officials have already denied that request. The Dbacks have taken the position of make the repairs/release us from the contract or we'll sue the county. 
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I blame the Atlanta area teams and their 20 year expiration date on ballparks.
Damn what an outdated tax-payer funded dump they're being forced to play in.
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The team said it sent a letter today to Maricopa County officials that originally was drafted in January. It says the team wants to stay in downtown Phoenix, but "if there is no other choice, we will go elsewhere." The letter also says if the team determines that a retrofit of Chase Field is not feasible and if the county doesn't grant permission for the team to look elsewhere, "we will ask the court for all appropriate relief."
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"This spiral is insurmountable and will result in a Chase Field that will no longer be a state-of-the-art facility as our agreement requires and may, in fact, become unsuitable for continued use. We cannot risk being put in that position," Hall said.
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The lease put limits on the Diamondbacks, Hickman wrote, "to ensure that the taxpayers, who had paid $238 million in sales taxes to build the stadium (in addition to the District's undertaking an additional $15 million contribution for construction costs), would not be left with an empty stadium" before the 30-year lease expired.
I blame the Atlanta area teams and their 20 year expiration date on ballparks.
Damn what an outdated tax-payer funded dump they're being forced to play in.
This post was edited on 3/24/16 at 8:10 pm
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Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:10 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Phoenix has the lamest downtown of any major American city.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:13 pm to mattz1122
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Phoenix has the lamest downtown of any major American city.
Damn, I've been to Jacksonville, so that's saying something.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:18 pm to mattz1122
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Phoenix has the lamest downtown of any major American city.
or San Jose
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:29 pm to mattz1122
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Phoenix has the lamest downtown of any major American city.
You aren't wrong. Downtown Phoenix sucks. I do like the surrounding "suburban" areas around Loop 101, though. I think that is most of what the Phoenix area is known for, anyway, rather than downtown Phoenix itself.
Oh, yeah, and Chase Field is a dump.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:36 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Holgo trashing his green room after the Motel 6 Bowl was the last straw.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:38 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Looks nice. Make them play thru their contract.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:46 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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The letter also says if the team determines that a retrofit of Chase Field is not feasible
How the hell did they determine this? If stadiums like Fenway and Wrigley can be retrofit, then there is no logical reason that an 18 year old stadium can't.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:47 pm to mattz1122
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Phoenix has the lamest downtown of any major American city.
pretty true
Posted on 3/24/16 at 8:52 pm to Lsuhoohoo
These pro sports team have gotten shameless about extorting tax payers into buying them things that are unnecessary.
If it were necessary then they'd pony up and buy out their lease and then pay for their own stadium. They've become con artists and the public falls for it hook line and sinker.
If it were necessary then they'd pony up and buy out their lease and then pay for their own stadium. They've become con artists and the public falls for it hook line and sinker.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 9:40 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Anyone actually been there that can actually verify its dumpiness? Looks fine on camera.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 9:45 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Having just spent a week in Phoenix i can say that the downtown area does indeed suck. I'll give them this, Chase Field is hideous looking from the outside.
Furthermore, I think it is absolutely absurd (but not at all surprising) that an ownership group is demanding that the county that paid for (and is probably still paying for) their stadium, also fund repairs and renovations to their stadium. Ridiculous as it may be, the ownership actually has the leverage here. They will hold up the city and county for money to repair their stadium, or straight up ask for a new one. If the city doesn't acquiesce, they will threaten to move the team, and probably get their way.
The greed of the owners amazes me, but the fact is that if their existing city doesn't give them what they want, there will almost certainly be another city that will. I don't know how rabid the Diamondbacks fanbase is, having been in existence for less than twenty years, but I would imagine it would be easier to move a team out of that city than out of an established baseball town like Detroit or San Francisco.
I've never been inside of Chase Field, but am going there in June for a game, I'll be happy to take notes on what an unsuitable dump it is.
Furthermore, I think it is absolutely absurd (but not at all surprising) that an ownership group is demanding that the county that paid for (and is probably still paying for) their stadium, also fund repairs and renovations to their stadium. Ridiculous as it may be, the ownership actually has the leverage here. They will hold up the city and county for money to repair their stadium, or straight up ask for a new one. If the city doesn't acquiesce, they will threaten to move the team, and probably get their way.
The greed of the owners amazes me, but the fact is that if their existing city doesn't give them what they want, there will almost certainly be another city that will. I don't know how rabid the Diamondbacks fanbase is, having been in existence for less than twenty years, but I would imagine it would be easier to move a team out of that city than out of an established baseball town like Detroit or San Francisco.
I've never been inside of Chase Field, but am going there in June for a game, I'll be happy to take notes on what an unsuitable dump it is.
This post was edited on 3/24/16 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 3/24/16 at 10:02 pm to The Sad Banana
I was there in 2009, definitely wasn't a dump then.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 10:07 pm to mattz1122
Cleveland's downtown is pretty sad too.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 10:11 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Oddly enough, some of the most iconic stadiums in college sports AND as noted above, in MLB itself were built nearly 100 years ago. Yet somehow teams in the NFL and MLB can't have a stadium for 20 years.
Posted on 3/24/16 at 10:12 pm to The Sad Banana
I've been there several times. Always seemed like a nice park to me.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:08 pm to buckeye_vol
I've always been surprised that they completely rebuilt Old Yankee Stadium instead of just renovating the shite outta of it
I don't ever see the red sox's doing that with Fenway or the Cubs with Wrigley
I don't ever see the red sox's doing that with Fenway or the Cubs with Wrigley
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:14 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Red Sox came damn close to scrapping Fenway circa 1999.
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:16 pm to Lsuhoohoo
This is pathetic
Posted on 3/25/16 at 12:45 pm to Lsuhoohoo
That's a damn good photoshop job making a MLB stadium look filled.
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