The stadiums hold no value, only the land they sit on... However, stadiums do provide citizens a place to gather and watch professional sports teams improving their way of life just like a park, swimming pool, or library...
Why should the leagues pay for it all when the cities are going to also benefit from the stadium being there. When Taylor Swift comes to town because it’s a new stadium and she brings billions of dollars into the area, are you going to say the MLB deserves the money? It’s not a waste of tax dollars, it’s an investment.
@@mrljlanier sports areas, mainly benefit, ungrateful owners, and ungrateful players. When an investor builds, an apartment, house, a factory, or a hotel in your town, you don’t ask the taxpayer to fund that construction, even though those facilities benefit the community more than a sports team ever would. NFL stadiums in particular are horrible investments, standing empty almost the entire year.
@ if that's true then why are city officials fighting to get teams in their cities? Why do business owners pay more to have their business next to stadiums?
@@mrljlanier it’s a pride thing. Sports fans have big mouths and they convince naïve politicians to sign up to anything. The San Francisco Giants tried to get the government to pay for their stadium, the government refused, and they try and paid for it themselves The New York Jets tried to hoodwink the government of New York City into building them a free government stadium, the voters were strongly opposed to it, and the Jets wound up footing 50 pct of the cost for a shared stadium in New Jersey at New York City residents can visit anytime they like. If the Tampa city politicians are opposed to funding a stadium for the rays, that indicates that those politicians are smarter than most
Stop using taxpayer money for these money pits. If they would be paid for by the owners and investors, the cost overruns would decrease, the graft would lessen, and the over all scams would be ended.
Do not give money to a billion dollar owner of the team if he wants a new ball park let him build it we need to take care of the citizens and the beaches not some rich owner he can wait
St Pete and Pinellas county moaned and groaned and complained and threatened and obstructed the Rays for years when they wanted to look at sites in Tampa, positioning themselves as the only option. When the Rays agreed to the deal they now want to back out? And how dare St Pete complain when the Rays chose to play in Tampa, its the best place to play and still be profitable. St Pete is a selfish spoiled child. The Rays need to make a deal with Tampa and leave St Pete in the rear view
Here's an idea, MOVE OUT of St. Pete and into ACTUAL Tampa and you'll have fans attending games, wasting tax payer money on a new stadium in St. Pete won't increase attendance!
Hey everybody, I have an idea, let's build a stadium with a flimsy retractable roof in hurricane alley. What could possibly go wrong (?) And to make things even better, let's reduce our coverage so, we can save a couple hundred grand on premiums. If our gamble fails, we can just threaten to move the team. Cuckoo ! Cuckoo !!
This mayor Welch sucks and that area was supposed to be given back to the blk community it was taken from years ago to build that eye sore of a stadium. Build real affordable housing no more high rise buildings. St Pete has become an horrible place to live.
Move already. This is all about the rich getting mega rich. Owners, players over a game. 10.00 beers and hotdogs...parking sucks. Move....should have never been built in St. Pete. Even the logo stinks...Devil Rays? WTF ?
They don't own the stadium. They lease it. They should pay to build their own stadium, but the city should be on the hook for repair costs for the current stadium.
Stadiums need to be self funded. The NBA NFL etc should have to fund these stadiums. It’s gross how much tax payer money is used.
The stadiums hold no value, only the land they sit on... However, stadiums do provide citizens a place to gather and watch professional sports teams improving their way of life just like a park, swimming pool, or library...
Why should the leagues pay for it all when the cities are going to also benefit from the stadium being there. When Taylor Swift comes to town because it’s a new stadium and she brings billions of dollars into the area, are you going to say the MLB deserves the money? It’s not a waste of tax dollars, it’s an investment.
@@mrljlanier sports areas, mainly benefit, ungrateful owners, and ungrateful players. When an investor builds, an apartment, house, a factory, or a hotel in your town, you don’t ask the taxpayer to fund that construction, even though those facilities benefit the community more than a sports team ever would. NFL stadiums in particular are horrible investments, standing empty almost the entire year.
@ if that's true then why are city officials fighting to get teams in their cities? Why do business owners pay more to have their business next to stadiums?
@@mrljlanier it’s a pride thing. Sports fans have big mouths and they convince naïve politicians to sign up to anything.
The San Francisco Giants tried to get the government to pay for their stadium, the government refused, and they try and paid for it themselves
The New York Jets tried to hoodwink the government of New York City into building them a free government stadium, the voters were strongly opposed to it, and the Jets wound up footing 50 pct of the cost for a shared stadium in New Jersey at New York City residents can visit anytime they like.
If the Tampa city politicians are opposed to funding a stadium for the rays, that indicates that those politicians are smarter than most
Hurricane *Milton?* We need stop dubbing serial killers with cool names, and instead start naming hurricanes like we’ve been naming serial killers.
Let them move to Tampa. People will actually go to the games.
Nashville will graciously accept the Tampa Bay Rays... Apparently Saint Petersburg doesn't want them...
I add my NO.
Let them stay in Tampa and build affordable housing there.
Milton did the work for us. Just get them out of here and use the $$ for county infrastructure.
EXACTLY! Rays suk!
All the damage and people worried about a game stadium. Foolishness. Help people restore their lives, businesses!!
Nah
They should just put a translucent roof over the trop, that be cool, but probably be too expensive. The rays need to be moved to Tampa.
If the rays were serious about a new stadium, they would have built it by now!!!
Not when they have a lease through 2027.
They didn’t build the first stadium. The taxpayer built it
Move to Orlando
Stop using taxpayer money for these money pits. If they would be paid for by the owners and investors, the cost overruns would decrease, the graft would lessen, and the over all scams would be ended.
Do not give money to a billion dollar owner of the team if he wants a new ball park let him build it we need to take care of the citizens and the beaches not some rich owner he can wait
St Pete and Pinellas county moaned and groaned and complained and threatened and obstructed the Rays for years when they wanted to look at sites in Tampa, positioning themselves as the only option. When the Rays agreed to the deal they now want to back out? And how dare St Pete complain when the Rays chose to play in Tampa, its the best place to play and still be profitable. St Pete is a selfish spoiled child. The Rays need to make a deal with Tampa and leave St Pete in the rear view
It's too late for a deal in Tampa. They tried for years and it failed.
The rays are going to screw over everyone
Move them to tampa or just let them relocate to a real baseball city already. St Pete is in way a good location for a major sports team
COME TO A CHAMPION CITY TAMPA FLORIDA WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM WE BUILT FOR ANY CHALLENGES💯
Here's an idea, MOVE OUT of St. Pete and into ACTUAL Tampa and you'll have fans attending games, wasting tax payer money on a new stadium in St. Pete won't increase attendance!
Why can't the Rays move to downtown Tampa Bay and be near the Bolts??
Hey everybody, I have an idea, let's build a stadium with
a flimsy retractable roof in hurricane alley.
What could possibly go wrong (?)
And to make things even better, let's reduce our coverage
so, we can save a couple hundred grand on premiums.
If our gamble fails, we can just threaten to move the team.
Cuckoo ! Cuckoo !!
This mayor Welch sucks and that area was supposed to be given back to the blk community it was taken from years ago to build that eye sore of a stadium. Build real affordable housing no more high rise buildings. St Pete has become an horrible place to live.
Move already. This is all about the rich getting mega rich. Owners, players over a game. 10.00 beers and hotdogs...parking sucks. Move....should have never been built in St. Pete.
Even the logo stinks...Devil Rays? WTF ?
Ray's, what an incredibly stupid name, should pay for their own stadium and repairs for this one.
They don't own the stadium. They lease it. They should pay to build their own stadium, but the city should be on the hook for repair costs for the current stadium.
Rays did not own stadium but City did...
Having the cheapest owner in all of sports doesn’t help. Sell the team and build in Tampa!
Move to Montreal!!!! You threatened that a few years ago. Now is the perfect time. Idiotz.
Rays, leave town and take your slimey owner with you .