tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13652090.post3486953890483250190..comments2023-06-08T08:10:31.126-05:00Comments on Husker Mike's Blasphemy: It's Official: The Royals Will Play on Highway 370Husker Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05764508184267042143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13652090.post-87340006654030792902009-06-04T09:05:04.927-05:002009-06-04T09:05:04.927-05:00I agree it would have been best for all parties if...I agree it would have been best for all parties if there were one stadium for both the Royals and the NCAA. I felt the City and MECCA came into it too cocky saying this can get done without the Royals and did not really put forth the effort to get the Royals down there, they just assumed it would happen. Triple A baseball is a big thing for a City and if the Royals left it would be years and maybe never if we were even to attract a team back to town. The Royals did not want to play in a stadium that big and bow down to everything MECCA wanted and there are other towns out there that would have done what Sarpy County did like Sugarland, TX (check the link below). I guess to me it ultimately came down to keeping Triple A baseball in town and not settling for anything less and if this is what needs to be done to keep it here then I am all for it. http://www.sugarlandtx.gov/tools/np/program/view.asp?ID=11882Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13652090.post-6226446829225773832009-06-03T15:49:46.429-05:002009-06-03T15:49:46.429-05:00Omaha's taxpayers won't be paying for much...Omaha's taxpayers won't be paying for much of the downtown stadium. If all goes according to plan, donations, and taxes on hotels and car rentals should pay for the majority of the new stadium. Those taxes are primarily paid by visitors.<br /><br />But sales taxes paid on concessions during the Royals games is leaving, so that hurts Omaha to some extent. So Omaha is hurt a little bit by the Royals moving south of the border.<br /><br />Having two stadiums also dilutes the impact of each stadium. Yes, that means that some development that would have happened downtown is now happening in western Sarpy County. Sarpy County views that as a good thing, Douglas County views it as bad. What would have been better is if Sarpy County would have found something else to invest in that would have brought something new to the metro area. What is that? I don't have a good idea off the top of my head. NASCAR track? MLS Soccer? Horse racing? Another ice arena (which apparently is part of the plan) is a start. Maybe a huge recreational lake for boating.<br /><br />My point is that I still think the Royals would still be in Omaha no matter what Sarpy County decided. From that perspective, I'm not sure the metro area really benefits by Sarpy's investment.Husker Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764508184267042143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13652090.post-58205879560329058852009-06-03T15:23:10.221-05:002009-06-03T15:23:10.221-05:00I agree with Hosh on the point that why worry so m...I agree with Hosh on the point that why worry so much about all the people on the middle/east side of Omaha they have not supported the Royals for the last decade so why keep it there, are they all the sudden going to start going to games? As for the people Northwest I think that yes it may still take about the same time to get to the stadium but it is an easier more relaxing drive going down 120th 132nd or 144th versus having to get on the interstate and go all the way downtown. On the financing I am still waiting to see what kind of package they can put together to get this done so I think the jury is still out on that. That being said we do need to drop the argument that there is so much more the money can be spent on than two stadiums. Omaha’s tax dollars will have nothing to do with building a stadium in Sarpy County and Sarpy County will not be contributing to the building of the stadium in downtown Omaha. So if you live in Omaha and Sarpy wants to spend their money on a stadium why do you care? And if you live in Sarpy County and Omaha wants to spend their money downtown why do you care? As an Omaha resident your tax dollars are not going to change and your roads are not going to have any more potholes because folks in Sarpy County want their own stadium and want to develop their own area.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13652090.post-4273043144802041062009-06-02T21:49:23.107-05:002009-06-02T21:49:23.107-05:00I do think that the Cabela's site, while not &...I do think that the Cabela's site, while not "made" for a baseball stadium, was the best site of them all. What they make up in customizable space in Papillion they lose in visibility from the interstate. I think you could've developed some more areas along Giles and Harrison, although, again, they wouldn't be as visible from the stadium. I also will be interested to see how the financing works. There still hasn't been total clarity from all parties.<br />Having said that, I have a hard time worrying if the people downtown or in the eastern part of Omaha will come to the stadium. They didn't support the Royals when they were at Rosenblatt, so why not put the stadium in an area closer to a larger concentration of families? Yes, I do think putting it on 370 won't be AS convenient as Cabela's, but it won't be terribly once 132nd and 120th St. are developed from Giles to 370. While I don't expect that the new stadium will be sold out every night, I think that this could be a huge boost to both Sarpy County and the Royals franchise.Hoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608088698081181434noreply@blogger.com