Legislators are considering a bill that would construct a new municipal stadium in West Oahu and tear down Aloha Stadium, whose land could be sold to help fund the new stadium.
Just be grateful you guys don't yet have a professional baseball or football team that could hold your county hostage! Seattle tore down a perfectly usable (and multi-use) Kingdome and constructed, in its place, a new baseball stadium (Safeco Field) and, right across the street, a new football stadium (Qwest Field), and guess who's paying for a good percentage of the construction? The taxpayers. We're losing the Seattle Sonics (out of town buyer) to another nearby city (either Bellevue or Renton) because the city is balking at paying $300 million for a new arena, when the taxpayers already helped refurbish Key Arena several years ago.
I'm sure if this bill moves forward that the speed track advocates will really get mad because the state won't help that sport build new facilities.
Miulang
Just be grateful you guys don't yet have a professional baseball or football team that could hold your county hostage! Seattle tore down a perfectly usable (and multi-use) Kingdome and constructed, in its place, a new baseball stadium (Safeco Field) and, right across the street, a new football stadium (Qwest Field), and guess who's paying for a good percentage of the construction? The taxpayers. We're losing the Seattle Sonics (out of town buyer) to another nearby city (either Bellevue or Renton) because the city is balking at paying $300 million for a new arena, when the taxpayers already helped refurbish Key Arena several years ago.
I'm sure if this bill moves forward that the speed track advocates will really get mad because the state won't help that sport build new facilities.
Miulang
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