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Originally Posted by Jordan!
Explain to me then why the Diamondbacks are also wanting to move to Scottsdale? If the team can create another Scottsdale Quarter type of district surrounded by an arena in a location that these "rich" folks will find accessible it will be the single best location business wise they can select. Essentially anywhere between the 51 to Scottsdale road is GOLD and that is where the location likely will be judging by what Craig Morgan has wrote and a few twitter/reddit sleuths.
The demographics are 100% different than Westgate in a cornfield. This is pre-established demographically and within a stones throw from Scottsdale and easy to access from Paradise Valley.
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Anywhere between 51 and Scottsdale Rd is gold, and people want it to stay that way. The Dbacks are posturing right now to get free renovations to Chase Field. That’s what’s going on there. Maricopa County has the club by the balls and everyone knows it. Maricopa County called their bluff and gave them a green light to relocate to a new stadium but only if it is in Maricopa County. with a bill of about $1.5 to $2 billion dollars for a new facility there are no municipal suitors lining up to eat the cost. No one, especially Scottsdale, is going to take on the white elephant that is another stadium. Taxpayers don’t want it. This is a NIMBY issue for citizens and a dollars and cents issue for municipalities. Teams can want to move, they still have to deal with the realities of zoning and politics.