Outdoor baseball provides intangible benefits. I don't justify wanting baseball because it provides us with revenue, I justify it because it is good for us, good for the soul, its medicinal. I think we need baseball for our civic health.
Is that worth $360 million or is it worth $.0015 for every dollar? I don't know, it seems like a lot of money on the one hand, but it seems incredibly cheap on the other. But then again, how much is a moment of peaceful contemplation worth? Its true we are carrying the burden for this stadium proposal disproportionately on Hennepin County. But doing this would be a magnanimous gesture, a gesture of civility and goodwill toward the entire state, and also give us special status.
As far as the owner making money off of this, if we do this, it will be his civic duty to make baseball work for the long term, that is a big responsibility, and it will cost a lot of money. If he takes the money and runs, which is his choice, he will be in the company of people like Norm Green. That would be a sin. God will punish him.
Peter Vevang Audubon
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