I think it would be lovely if we could turn those Twins fans into orchestra fans when the Twins leave.......... wow. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Re: Twins In a message dated 11/9/01 4:53:21 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To you naysayers: Whether you think they and/or the sport, its owners,
agenda and etc. are elitist, or not, the Twins contribute several
millions to the city and locality's economy, hundreds of jobs,
philanthropy and a sense of civic/community pride. And that ain't all
bad.
Hear, Hear! I totally agree with everything in this post. There is a huge problem with the economics of baseball, but there is no doubt in my mind that the Twins contribute to the economy of the area. In addition, they add a lot of enjoyment to those who are shut-in and cannot attend in person. You would be surprised how many of those elderly people can recite the line up and give you their batting averages. My 94 year old mother is one. When younger she loved to attend the games and now cannot, but she never misses a game on the radio.
I think another thing we have to do is to try and separate the Twins and the game from the stadium issue. I do not believe that the burden of a new stadium should fall on the shoulders of the taxpayers. However, there are a lot of financial magicians out there who ought to be able to come up with a way to fund a new stadium. You cannot compare help in funding a stadium to homeless people or education. Using bonds to fund a stadium, for instance, could be revenue bonds and come from the profits of the Twins. Well - I'm far from an expert but I know there are many out there who can come up with some funding mechanism that makes sense.
Karen Collier
Linden Hills
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