Wasn't someone saying just last week that attractions like the Wild have limited impact on business...O ya, it was ME!!! Last Friday!
Nice to see the statistics bore me out. The Wild and other attractions like that bring additional business to successful business districts and a few joints might be created by them, but the good business in West Seventh Street were doing fine before the Wild came and they will do fine after they are gone. So, to Andy's larger point. I to think it is sad that those who want Pro sports in the area make up, spin, lie and say that there will be great economic advantages from pro sports. It just isn't true. BUT, I don't think that means that you shouldn't have the debate on if you want to provide that kind of entertainment for the community. There are a lot of people who like pro sports and the only way that you will get them to come an ice box in the middle of the prairie is to pay for them to come. That too is a fact. They will not come if you do not build the facility for them to play in and provide parking and other perks that create revenue streams, those are the facts of life. As I have said before, the circus once traveled by train and carried along their own tents. Now, the circus only goes to large auditoriums and arenas. It doesn't change a thing if podunk complains that the circus doesn't come anymore and pitch their own tent at the podunk fairgrounds that is not how circuses do business anymore. And, that is true of pro sports. If you want them - you pay for the circus tent. So, the honest question is should the larger public pay for a circus tent (baseball stadium/hockey arena) so that those who like to watch the circus (baseball/hockey) can see the circus? JMONTOMEPPOF Chuck Repke W 7th
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