David Brauer wrote:
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Baseball subsidy really is one example of the trickle-down effect. In
cities all over America, Triple-A teams are requiring subsidies for new
ballparks...and as we don't have a Triple-A ready facility in
Minneapolis (Parade might work for the Northern League), we will have to
pony up the dough.
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Parade wasn't even considered adequate for the now-defunct Prairie
League, whose Loons wound up playing at Siebert Field before moving to
Austin. For that matter, Midway Stadium in St. Paul is one of the worst
stadiums in the Northern League. With the exceptiopn of St. Paul and
Duluth, all of the teams in the Northern League Central have new or
refurbished stadia that have been built or remodeled since 1995.
It would be less expensive to put up a decent ballyard for a new
team of Millers -the figures I've heard for the new park in St. Paul
ruun between $8 million and $15 million, all privaterly funded - and I
think putting it in the Mill District would be wonderfully appropriate.
Kevin Trainor
www.rebelbaseballreview.com
