GDAWG Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 And now MLB may have their own issues with Arizona: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 That hole's been crying "buy me a new park or else" for like seven years now. Tommy Ricketts put in the paper today that he's too poor to make the Cubs really good despite owning Wrigley Field and the entirety of nine square blocks around it. I fail to see how it is my problem if any of these ossified turds are truly incapable of finding the "on" button on the money printing machines they have been handed, and as far as I am concerned, each of them can sit on a zucchini wrapped in 30-grit sandpaper and twirl. I get enough "But I'm the real victim here" from people who have never faced a real obstacle a single day in their lives in my news. I don't need it in the sports section as well. 3 Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fowler2 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Move the D'Backs to Vegas and the A's to Phoenix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 6 minutes ago, BottomlessPitt said: Move the D'Backs to Vegas and the A's to Phoenix. Are you really @Unocal come back under a different name? Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowler2 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 minute ago, McCall said: Are you really @Unocal come back under a different name? You have the sense of humor of a weirdo who hangs out in his basement rooting for spring football teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 11 minutes ago, BottomlessPitt said: You have the sense of humor of a weirdo who hangs out in his basement rooting for spring football teams. Retort is clearly not your strength. 1 Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I can't see MLB leaving the Phoenix market, so if it's not going to be Phoenix, it's going to be a suburb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk-Off Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Ballpark Digest: Report: Reinsdorf to seek $1B in state money for new Chicago White Sox ballpark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 5 minutes ago, Walk-Off said: Ballpark Digest: Report: Reinsdorf to seek $1B in state money for new Chicago White Sox ballpark Something has got to give here: Does the city of Chicago have the finances for both a White Sox new ballpark and a new Bears stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk-Off Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 If I understand the report correctly, Jerry Reinsdorf seems to be pursuing funding from the State of Illinois, which is what he did for the current home of the White Sox more than three decades ago, rather than from the City of Chicago or Cook County. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 23 minutes ago, GDAWG said: Something has got to give here: Does the city of Chicago have the finances for both a White Sox new ballpark and a new Bears stadium? Funny you should ask: The financing proposals floated by the Bears and White Sox both call for using the same limited pot of hotel tax revenue without any hikes, so the answer is a definitive "no." And watching the Bears and Sox go up against each other in matters of long-term planning will be akin to that fight in the front yard where Homer Simpson's relatives rammed into each other with cooking pots covering their heads. 6 Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walk-Off Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, Sodboy13 said: [W]atching the Bears and Sox go up against each other in matters of long-term planning will be akin to that fight in the front yard where Homer Simpson's relatives rammed into each other with cooking pots covering their heads. In that kind of battle, I would take Jerry Reinsdorf and the White Sox over the McCaskey family and the Bears any day. At least to me, Reinsdorf, for all of his faults and flaws, gives off an impression of being very certain about what he wants. By contrast, the McCaskeys have seemed to spend many years hemming and hawing over where to locate a new stadium for the Bears, what kind of new stadium the Bears should have (e.g. seating capacity, permanently outdoor vs. retractable roof vs. permanently indoor, etc.), or even whether or not to have the Bears leave Soldier Field in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostOfNormMacdonald Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 17 hours ago, BottomlessPitt said: Move the D'Backs to Vegas and the A's to Phoenix. The AZ A's has a ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Comet Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) Regarding this whole A’s debacle and now this Chicago craziness, I think Norm MacDonald said it best: Edited February 20 by Red Comet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/19/2024 at 4:42 PM, BottomlessPitt said: Move the D'Backs to Vegas and the A's to Phoenix. You’re not very funny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/19/2024 at 6:53 PM, Walk-Off said: Ballpark Digest: Report: Reinsdorf to seek $1B in state money for new Chicago White Sox ballpark Quote Using hotel/motel taxes to fund sports facilities has a long history in the sports-facility world across the country: because the overwhelming amount is paid by out of towners, the impact on local taxpayers is minimal. WE DON'T GET CONVENTIONS ANYMORE. NO ONE TRAVELS FOR BUSINESS ANYMORE. The hotel tax is not some pot of infinite money. We're not even done using hotel taxes to pay for New Comiskey, which is 34 years old and in fine condition. There's not a billion dollars lying around to let 12,000 people look at the Sears Tower while complaining that A.J. Pierzynski should be the manager. Quote Also part of the mix: a TIF district–also known as tax-overlay districts in Illinois–would divert sales-tax revenue generated by the development, up to $400 million. The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority would then issue bonds to back the ballpark construction. Again, TIF districts are a popular tool for financing sports facilities: the rationale is that the increased tax payment wouldn’t exist without the sports facilities. There's our old friend, the TIF district. Longtime readers of the NHL Anti-Thread remember that Jerry Reinsdorf's plan to buy the Coyotes was to pay for it in installments from TIF district revenues, thereby making the taxpayers buy the team for him. Good thing Chicago doesn't need money for literally anything else right now [next Blue Line train to O'Hare departs in 35 minutes] 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 https://capitolfax.com/2024/02/20/reinsdorf-says-i-dont-want-to-talk-about-that-when-asked-why-his-ballclub-needs-another-state-subsidy/ Quote As White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf emerged from one of his meetings with legislative leaders today, Isabel tried to get him to justify his subsidy plan… Isabel: Sir, why do the White Sox need another subsidy after being… Reinsdorf: Oh, I don’t want to talk about that. Then what brings you to Springfield on this fine February Tuesday, ya putz? 1 Quote On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I've given Reinsdorf credit for knowing how to work the government better than the McCaskeys--the bar is the floor on that one--but JB Pritzker and his quiet-but-not-that-quiet presidential aspirations may make him a worthier adversary than Madigan or Big Gay Jim or whoever else Jerry could buy off. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowler2 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 MOD EDIT: Keep it civil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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