11-12-2013, 10:09 AM
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#1121
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Originally Posted by HOWITZER
Doesn't the Stampede own the building? If so, I wonder if there is a place for the saddledome to continue to exist as an arena for agricultural purposes.
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A buidling for agricultural purposes is well under construction between the Dome and the Grandstand.
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11-14-2013, 10:10 AM
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#1122
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Lifetime Suspension
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How Cobb County will pay for the new Braves stadium:
http://deadspin.com/heres-how-cobb-c...ium=socialflow
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The county will finance the remaining $276 million by issuing revenue bonds. As for repaying those bonds, here are the bullet points. Remember, each figure is the annual cost over 30 years.
$400,000 from a new rental car tax.
$940,000 from the existing hotel/motel tax.
$2,740,000 from a new hotel/motel fee in the Cumberland CID.
$5,150,000 from a property tax increase in the CID.
$8,670,000 in relocation of existing Cobb County property taxes.
If you're against publicly financed stadiums (and you ought to be), that last one is startling. While the majority of Cobb County residents won't be paying any additional taxes to fund the Braves' stadium, a large amount of their existing tax payments will cover for the costs. That's $8.67 million a year, for 30 years, that Cobb County could spend on other things (say, rehiring all those teachers) but will instead use to build a ballpark.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost
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11-14-2013, 10:15 AM
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#1123
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Voted for Kodos
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^ Cobb County Population = ~700,000.
Roughly $20 per resident per year in property taxes going to pay for the stadium.
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11-14-2013, 10:24 AM
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#1124
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
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Wow, their current stadium is less than 20 years old. They want to demolish it based on the fact they believe downtown traffic hinders attendance, and that it will cost 350 million in renovations to enhance fan experience and structural upkeep. The stadium business is a mess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Field
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11-14-2013, 10:59 AM
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#1125
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
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That braves situation really does show how ridiculous the stadium aspect part of professional sports is becoming. There's this growing trend of municipalities bending over backwards to try and attract these teams through dodgy financing and public funds. It either causes ridiculous stand offs with the native city (Edmonton situation) or stupid moves that make no sense for either side (Glendale). The 49ers are set to become the big four team that plays the furthest from their named city when they move to Santa Clara because they got a better deal on public funds than they could get from San Francisco. Anyways, not sure how the public funds situation is gonna turn out with our stadium but hopefully it's minimal and we can avoid the fight that Edmonton went through.
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11-14-2013, 11:02 AM
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#1126
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
That braves situation really does show how ridiculous the stadium aspect part of professional sports is becoming. There's this growing trend of municipalities bending over backwards to try and attract these teams through dodgy financing and public funds. It either causes ridiculous stand offs with the native city (Edmonton situation) or stupid moves that make no sense for either side (Glendale). The 49ers are set to become the big four team that plays the furthest from their named city when they move to Santa Clara because they got a better deal on public funds than they could get from San Francisco. Anyways, not sure how the public funds situation is gonna turn out with our stadium but hopefully it's minimal and we can avoid the fight that Edmonton went through.
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The San Jose 49ers doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
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11-14-2013, 11:07 AM
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#1127
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by RM14
Wow, their current stadium is less than 20 years old. They want to demolish it based on the fact they believe downtown traffic hinders attendance, and that it will cost 350 million in renovations to enhance fan experience and structural upkeep. The stadium business is a mess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Field
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Off-topic: Even the original 1896 Athens Olympic Stadium is still standing and in operation. If they tear down Turner Field, it will only be the 3rd out of all the Summer Olympic Stadiums in history to be torn down.
Without looking it up. Name the other two. 
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11-14-2013, 11:09 AM
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#1128
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by Flacker
The San Jose 49ers doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
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At least they actually play in the same state as the city the team is named after - Ahem, NYG and NYJ.
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11-14-2013, 12:05 PM
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#1129
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: the middle
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Off-topic: Even the original 1896 Athens Olympic Stadium is still standing and in operation. If they tear down Turner Field, it will only be the 3rd out of all the Summer Olympic Stadiums in history to be torn down.
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Does (old) Wembley count? Because that would be one.
If I had to guess another it would probably be another pre-war one like Antwerp or St. Louis or something.
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11-14-2013, 12:12 PM
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#1130
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Off-topic: Even the original 1896 Athens Olympic Stadium is still standing and in operation. If they tear down Turner Field, it will only be the 3rd out of all the Summer Olympic Stadiums in history to be torn down.
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does the slow decay of The Big O count?
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11-14-2013, 03:39 PM
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#1131
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
Off-topic: Even the original 1896 Athens Olympic Stadium is still standing and in operation. If they tear down Turner Field, it will only be the 3rd out of all the Summer Olympic Stadiums in history to be torn down.
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I'm guessing Berlin. Probably got the snot bombed out of it in WWII.
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11-14-2013, 03:47 PM
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#1132
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Old wembley and the LA coliseum?
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11-14-2013, 04:05 PM
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#1133
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Stop bumping this thread with stupid trivia please?
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11-14-2013, 04:18 PM
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#1134
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: 780
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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
I'm guessing Berlin. Probably got the snot bombed out of it in WWII.
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Berlin is still there... I believe they renovated it to hold the World Cup Final when Germany hosted
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11-14-2013, 05:01 PM
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#1135
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Originally Posted by Tyler
Stop bumping this thread with stupid trivia please?
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John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
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11-14-2013, 05:15 PM
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#1136
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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Originally Posted by Tyler
Stop bumping this thread with stupid trivia please?
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The toilet is a Roman derivation
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11-14-2013, 05:20 PM
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#1137
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
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My neighbour has three rabbits.
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11-14-2013, 05:50 PM
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#1138
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: too far from Calgary
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
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This is just sickening.... an egregious example of corporate welfare for its own sake.
As for stupid trivia, Washington state just approved the largest state tax subsidy in history of $9 billiion over 16 years to keep Boeing from moving which makes that Cobb County deal look like peanuts.
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11-14-2013, 06:15 PM
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#1139
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Guys, seriously. The trivia stuff; Start a trivia thread or something.
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11-14-2013, 09:05 PM
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#1140
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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It's not stupid trivia. The point of the question was that most stadiums last forever and it is only a recent phenomenon that cities and counties play this tug of war game for money and new stadium/arena developments.
the answer was London and London. 1908 stadium and 1948 old wembley.
every other stadium is still in operation.
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