tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021348172235346593.post7453472612794587896..comments2024-03-03T06:01:35.285-05:00Comments on Shadow of the Stadium: Why Kriseman Has Hope on Rays' Stadium SagaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021348172235346593.post-42513212220562651902015-01-21T16:33:00.699-05:002015-01-21T16:33:00.699-05:00Surely he must have made a more quantitative and p...Surely he must have made a more quantitative and persuasive argument than "region benefits." Any numbers at all? Nothing else, besides the self-interest of journalists, could explain why the Mayor got free cheerleading on the MOU without any critical analysis of a promise as thin as "region benefits." Oh nowwww I get it. This baseball cookie jar has a lot of hands in it. Call it the sports-industrial complex. Like viruses, each feeder at the sports subsidy trough exists only to perpetuate itself, doing whatever it takes to crowd out alternative public investments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021348172235346593.post-22093387293338949932015-01-17T16:52:02.950-05:002015-01-17T16:52:02.950-05:00Kriseman has said St. Pete benefits when the regio...Kriseman has said St. Pete benefits when the region benefits, so a deal that may cost the city some money could still be worth it if the region benefits.Noah Pranskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341946902034828581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021348172235346593.post-52723332185355145942015-01-14T17:19:33.190-05:002015-01-14T17:19:33.190-05:00The MOU is nothing more than a give away of millio...The MOU is nothing more than a give away of millions of dollars in settlement leverage. The Rays will present a prospective city with an economic impact analysis, and then St. Pete will be able to hang that number around the Rays neck. But if the City signs the MOU, the Rays will be able to point to the low ball values in the Section 4 compensation schedule as an appropriate measure of compensation. The compensation schedule will be evidence of appropriate damages, even if the schedule isn't actually triggered. The City will have handed out this leverage in exchange for nothing. It would be interesting to see a post here explaining exactly how the City benefits from the MOU. Kriseman's words obviously have little connection to the reality of the document.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com