Minnesota Twins Stadium Update
An update on the construction of a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis for the Minnesota Twins.
As I've said before, my stance on stadiums is always refurbishing and building downtown. I get one of two here. It's along a light rail line, which is a definite plus.
Taxpayers are being forced to chip in here, which I really don't like to see. I think the city stands to benefit though with improved development in the area. In my experience (no actual scientific data to back it up) open-air stadiums seem to attract more development because they're nicer to look at from neighboring builds than domes.
As I've said before, my stance on stadiums is always refurbishing and building downtown. I get one of two here. It's along a light rail line, which is a definite plus.
Taxpayers are being forced to chip in here, which I really don't like to see. I think the city stands to benefit though with improved development in the area. In my experience (no actual scientific data to back it up) open-air stadiums seem to attract more development because they're nicer to look at from neighboring builds than domes.
2 Comments:
At April 22, 2007 7:14 PM , Sean said...
Taxpayers have been asked to donate so little lately for new stadiums. The dome has been here forever and the Target Center has been here for a little while. So recently, no taxpayer money has really been donated to stadium building, unlike other cities that seem to constantly want new stadiums for each of its sports teams. And as another benefit, the Gophers will be out of the Dome in three years, leaving it entirely for the Vikings and bringing even more revenue into the city because college football is always better outdoors.
At April 23, 2007 12:20 PM , Jeramey said...
The Dome is actually fairly new. In another couple years you would be able to make an argument that it is pretty old though, so it's a toss up there. Overall, for what that stadium was billed as it's a flop, but what can you do?
Hopefully the Gophers will turn out a legitimate football team one of these days.
I don't know the history behind the Excel Center and the Target Center and how their financing works.
What do I know? Miller Park is going to take forever to pay off, it's going to end up being like a 20-year tax. If they had chosen a non-fan style retractable roof the costs would have been considerably lower though.
As they say, you build, you learn.
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