In reply to: Reinsdorf in talks to build a new stadium at Roosevelt and posted by dwjm3
...is it hand-waves away the massive railroad yard on the west side of the river. You won't be able to do anything on that side because that would be impossible to relocate easily.
bother to render the railroad yard because they felt that wasn't part of the build site.
It seemed like picture 3 was designed to show the site in relation to downtown.
Where is ndroman when we need him. I think he does this stuff.
are way too awesome to allow Reinsdorf anywhere near the project to inevitably fuck it up.
I live in Little Italy; there's got to be someone in the neighborhood who could "clean things up."
Did they make you buy some vowels before they allowed you in?
who make it possible for people like them to hoard so many vowels.
...One of our daughters asked me, many years ago, if our last names had two vowels. "Ah...actually, one vowel, and one semi-vowel." I think we'd get about the same pronunciation if it was spelled Brnz.
Where the capital of Moravia is Brno.
But I think my favorite Czech surname is "Vlk" (which means "wolf", by the way).
district covers this lot. It appears they are running point on this project. I pray to God they can get it over the finish line. It would be transformational for the club.
In that you'd get more people to come.
But transformational in that they'd win more games? I don't see anything changing until the Reinsdorf family is no longer part of the organization.
revenue in my view which is always a good thing given that baseball doesn't have a hard salary cap.
Given that Jerry is 87 I tend to look past him at this point. This stadium would put the next ownership group is really nice position to deliver a quality product on the field. Jerry would like it as it would likely drive up the value of the franchise before he sells.
How will this generate more revenue? How can this be a margin plus?
I mean, they have one of the best/most favorable leases in all of MLB. Even if they get more ticket revenue, how much more, and will it cover the delta in costs to play there, which would have to go up.
Just curious how this is a big net win for the White Sox?
From the link, they are middle of the road for revenue from ticket sales, and not so far behind the top 5 ($113M versus $141M) that a new stadium will make a huge difference. I mean if they want to charge Cubs prices, they can try, but even in a new park, it's always going to be different than Wrigley, who has always drawn fans, even when the team sucks (and they get the ancillary roof top revenue too). They'd have to go over the Cubs ticket prices, given attendance, to get to an additional $30M a year in ticket sales.
Like I said, I'm just curious, not saying you are wrong, but that's just not how I've viewed the White Sox situation (as a local resident who doesn't cheer for either team).