New Ballpark with AC!!

[mstng86]

Sorry for the big pic, but I had to pull it out of the script from a website.

[Rick Modena]

That looks like shit.




The stadium and the size of the picture...

[Scott Mc]

This may be a stupid question but why not put a roof on the current stadium?

[mstng86]

This may be a stupid question but why not put a roof on the current stadium?

The cost analysis done found it would be almost as much as building a new stadium. Granted, I bet it wasn't $900 million, but it was in the 300-400 million dollar range I believe.

I may be wrong on that figure but it was a ton.

[Rick Modena]

This may be a stupid question but why not put a roof on the current stadium?

I'm convinced they want to have something as nice as Cowboy Stadium. They should just leave shit alone. I've been to Tropicana Field and it sucks. It looks cool, but it sucks...

[Mongoose]

Since construction began on AT&T Stadium, there has been a half-cent sales tax that went directly to paying off the debt for the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium. The original plan was to pay off that debt by 2035; sources tell us that the City of Arlington now thinks they'll have it paid off by 2020.

I call bullshit on this one being nothing more than a plan to sneak it passed voters based on a theory made to look better than it actually is. Anyone want to bet they`ll pass this in the next 12 months, put no provision in that its null and void if they dont hit that 2020 target, and begin construction anyways in 2020/21 saying the voters "approved it" when everyone starts bitching about another 1/2 cent sales tax increase?

[mstng86]

I don't really care. Its not my city.

[Mongoose]

I don't really care. Its not my city.

Me neither except I`m in Arlington all the time and forced to spend money there.... Wait! nevermind...maybe I should care

[46Tbird]

I was actually surprised they didn't design the Ballpark as a covered and air conditioned stadium. I'm one of those people that has enough sense to stay away from open air bleachers on a 105* July afternoon, and I'd probably go to more games if it was comfortable.

Current gate receipts are $71 million annually... and they would expect to add $73 million more revenue every year?

[Baron Von Crowder]

I call bullshit on this one being nothing more than a plan to sneak it passed voters based on a theory made to look better than it actually is. Anyone want to bet they`ll pass this in the next 12 months, put no provision in that its null and void if they dont hit that 2020 target, and begin construction anyways in 2020/21 saying the voters "approved it" when everyone starts bitching about another 1/2 cent sales tax increase?

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/arlington/article10754984.html

[cool cat]

I was actually surprised they didn't design the Ballpark as a covered and air conditioned stadium. I'm one of those people that has enough sense to stay away from open air bleachers on a 105* July afternoon, and I'd probably go to more games if it was comfortable.

Current gate receipts are $71 million annually... and they would expect to add $73 million more revenue every year?

Jerry World pricing.

[Mongoose]

I was actually surprised they didn't design the Ballpark as a covered and air conditioned stadium. I'm one of those people that has enough sense to stay away from open air bleachers on a 105* July afternoon, and I'd probably go to more games if it was comfortable.

Current gate receipts are $71 million annually... and they would expect to add $73 million more revenue every year?

It would certainly help the team be more competitive when it comes to signing free agents and big name stars as a certain % of gate receipts are designated as player salary tools. Take out another chunk for loans, overhead, and operating costs with very little of that actually is going back out into the community.

Is it worth being nickled and dimed by The City of Arlington and The Rangers, in addition to everyone else doing it as well is the question though? Even if all you ever do is go out to eat or shop in Arlington?

[Mongoose]

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/lo...e10754984.html

We`ll still have to wait and see the final details, but the article you posted is estimating a 2024 payoff and the OP`s says the city thinks it can do it in 2020. Of course both are hoping that tax revenues remain the same and the bond market stays stable. Still the question remains what happens if they pass this and miss that mark? Ask the Rangers to hold off? Expect everyone else to pay up an additional tax for a the short term?

[Baron Von Crowder]

We`ll still have to wait and see the final details, but the article you posted is estimating a 2024 payoff and the OP`s says the city thinks it can do it in 2020. Of course both are hoping that tax revenues remain the same and the bond market stays stable. Still the question remains what happens if they pass this and miss that mark? Ask the Rangers to hold off? Expect everyone else to pay up an additional tax for a the short term?

awe fuck it, call the whole goddamn thing off, Mongoose thinks someone's gonna get fucked over.

How much will the city lose in tax revenue if the rangers leave?

[Mongoose]

Want to bet they don't have plans to and are playing on everyones fears to get a new stadium? Downtown Dallas isn't Baltimore's Harborfront, nor is it the arts district like Detroit. Downtown Dallas isnt even like Houston. Good luck getting most people there on game day when mass transit is minimal at best