On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:48:18 -0500, <stevejdufour@yahoo.com> wrote:
Instead of the luxurious skyboxes for selected fans in traditional> style, that are in use only occasionally, a ring of hotel rooms would> face the playing field. These rooms would have balconies from which the> games could be observed comfortably. Occupancy for these rooms would be> auctioned off to the highest bidder for game days and for events such> as musical concerts and conventions. The exterior of the stadium would> consist of hotel rooms, all with views of the city.
They have something like this. It's called the SkyDome (or, it used to be called SkyDome). It's a piece of crap.
In article <1115610498.481926.156270@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, stevejdufour@yahoo.com wrote:
The solution is to find a hotel company or consortium of venture> capitalists willing to build a stadium that is a multi-purpose hotel,> convention center, entertainment venue and athletic stadium. Such a> design would have synergistic features that would make it a profitable> entity rather than a financial burden on the community.
Why would the baseball owners do that when it is so much easier to suck up to the public trough?
Hank Gillette wrote:> > The solution is to find a hotel company or consortium of venture> > capitalists willing to build a stadium that is a multi-purpose> > hotel, convention center, entertainment venue and athletic stadium.> > Such a design would have synergistic features that would make it a> > profitable entity rather than a financial burden on the community.>
Why would the baseball owners do that when it is so much easier to> suck up to the public trough?
They might be interested if all public entities started telling them 'no'... which they should, IMHO. But, until then, you're right. Why bother being creative when a bunch of doofuses want to give you everything?
-- Until Congress dumps their pension plan, and pays into Social Security from their own paychecks like the citizens they're supposed to be, I will not believe one word of their "concern" for the system.
They have something like this. It's called the SkyDome (or, it used to be >called SkyDome). It's a piece of crap.
Not to mention the occasionally "interesting" views into those hotel rooms overlooking the field.
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[Roger Moore (raj@alumnae.caltech.edu)] [Mon, 9 May 2005 15:25:20 +0000 (UTC)]
:"Edward Ruggeri" <ruggeri@uchicago.edu> writes: : :>They have something like this. It's called the SkyDome (or, it used to be :>called SkyDome). It's a piece of crap.
SkyDome, from an architectural standpoint, is beautiful. From a standpoint of "Would I want to play baseball here 81 times a year, if I was a MLB player?", it's terrible.
I'm not convinced that it (synergy of hotel/convention center and stadium) can't be done much better, though.
:Not to mention the occasionally "interesting" views into those hotel rooms :overlooking the field.
Happened once.. prevented every game thereafter.
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The solution is to find a hotel company or consortium of venture> capitalists willing to build a stadium that is a multi-purpose hotel,> convention center, entertainment venue and athletic stadium. Such a> design would have synergistic features that would make it a profitable> entity rather than a financial burden on the community.
You mean like when Robert Kraft owned Foxboro Stadium while Victor "I loved it so much, I bought the company" Kiam owned the team, and subsequently got locked out of his suite by Kraft after a dispute?
Kiam ended up having to watch games from the press box, where he found that the sportswriters had yet to discover his products.
You mean like when Robert Kraft owned Foxboro Stadium while Victor "I > loved it so much, I bought the company" Kiam owned the team, and > subsequently got locked out of his suite by Kraft after a dispute?>
Kiam ended up having to watch games from the press box, where he found > that the sportswriters had yet to discover his products.
Braun is better anyway. ;) -- Pitchers.bat found - delete dh.sys (Y/y)?
