12/09/2004
It's a walk
There was a time and there are teams and places where loss of a ball team would be considered a community calamity. Not anymore. And not the Marlins and not Miami.
Yeah, they're talking to the Las Vegas mayor. Maybe it's a negotiating ploy. Maybe they're really anxious to go someplace more willing to shower them with tax money for a new stadium. I think the prevailing mood is that the team should definitely not let the screen door hit it on its way out of town.
(Look here for where this stood last fall.)
In a sensible Herald piece, David J. Neal is underwhelmed by economic development claims:
Conclusion: Let Vegas kiss up the dollars. If it happens there, let the Marlins stay there.
Yeah, they're talking to the Las Vegas mayor. Maybe it's a negotiating ploy. Maybe they're really anxious to go someplace more willing to shower them with tax money for a new stadium. I think the prevailing mood is that the team should definitely not let the screen door hit it on its way out of town.
(Look here for where this stood last fall.)
In a sensible Herald piece, David J. Neal is underwhelmed by economic development claims:
Wasn't Miami Arena supposed to ''revitalize'' Overtown? A few buildings aside, that area still looks and feels like the worst parts of Detroit.
Get around the country and you will see the Miami Arena failure repeated enough other places to sneer at talk about ''revitalization.'' Speaking of Detroit, it has two relatively new stadiums downtown that have done nothing to remove the area's Stalingrad feel. ''Abandonment'' characterizes Buffalo's downtown more today than when HSBC Arena opened there in 1996.
Conclusion: Let Vegas kiss up the dollars. If it happens there, let the Marlins stay there.
