I don't know if they did or did not. Just as I don't know if they included the jobs that new hotels in the area would bring in...or the taxes collected on people staying in those hotels. Or the taxes collected from people working in those hotels. Restaurants too.
Yes, of course on any given sunday, there's going to be traffic and there will need to be additional police to help deal with it. But there's a bigger picture than Sunday afternoons. Broaden the perspective a little. And again...I don't know the specifics. I may be 100% wrong. This is nothing more than my opinion and a few assumptions. At the very least...I'd assume that a cost/benefit analysis was performed. Since the stadium is being built, I would assume that the cost/benefit analysis showed that the benefit side outweighed the cost side. Am I assuming a lot (especially since we're talking politics in action)? Sure. But in the end, I make those assumptions because I believe that the revenue a stadium can generate (and again, from more than just games...other events are held there as well) benefits the community in the end. On 8/9/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did the cost/benefits analysis include cost of increased road > maintenance, increased policing costs, etc. > > larry > > On 8/9/05, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/9/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > then you should pay for it. Why should tax dollars go to support your > > > entertainment? If you want the box seats etc, you should pay for it. > > > As an aside, thee was a study done about 10 years ago that looked at > > > the costs of athletic programs, and instead of being a money maker, > > > these programs with their huge stadiums etc end up costing > > > Universities much more than they bring in. I would not be at all > > > surprised if you find the same results with cities and sports > > > stadiums. > > > > > > larry > > > > I'd be very surprised if the same results applied to professional > > sports team stadiums. This is conjecture on my part, so take it for > > what it's worth. I think the NFL has more fans who are willing to pay > > more $ for tickets (college football fans will flame me for that). > > Pro sports stadiums host events like concerts in the off season. > > > > For years, the AZ Cardinals have played in Sun Devil's stadium (the > > stadium for the ASU football team). They're currently building a new > > stadium (near the new arena where the Coyotes play). I don't know the > > specific financial data behind the decision (so > > again...conjecture)...but I'd imagine that ample research was done > > (cost/benefit analysis, etc) before deciding to build a new stadium > > from scratch. And the Cardinal's ain't exactly a "rich" team :) > > > > > > -- > > Charlie Griefer > > > > ================================================ > > "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, > > and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch > > you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. > > Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168574 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
