Tag: Relocation

Stadium

D.C. United threatens to leave if not given $300M from a city facing a projected deficit of $800M

This means that MLS teams will now be playing games later in the year and therefore in cold weather. For this reason, the MLS team in Washington, DC, named DC United, is asking for $300M so that a roof can be added to their home venue, Audi Field. According to the CEO of DC United, this money is “necessary” because the team will be playing more matches in the cold and because this addition to Audi Field is “the next steps in our partnership”…whatever the hell that means.

William Neilson Jr.
Stadium

Kansas City Chiefs relocation deal still unknown, company hired to do their economic report has questionable past

Essentially, the state of Kansas allows for lawmakers to use a “special incentive program” that was started just two years ago to fund a project like the Kansas City Chiefs. The lawmaker who wrote this law (not including language allowing for the public to vote) claims that the public doesn't need to vote since the sales tax is not increasing. I really do hope that this politician understands that while the sales tax will not increase, the money that it brought in to MANY state functions (like public education, facilities, etc...) will now be diverted to the Chiefs project.…

William Neilson Jr.
Arena

The city of Cleveland continues to see little sin tax revenue all the while the Indians & Cavaliers are demanding $400M in upcoming repairs

Over the last few months, plenty of articles have been written about how exactly the city of Cleveland is going to pay for the millions and millions of upgrades that their local sports owners are demanding. Gateway Economic Development Corporation, the owner of the Cleveland Indians ballpark (Progressive Field) and the Cleveland Cavaliers arena (Rocket Arena), is supposed to pay for venue upgrades with revenues from a 1990 voter-approved sin tax. But the sin tax has never come close to producing the revenue needed for venue updates. This means that the city has been forced to pay for venue…

William Neilson Jr.
Ballpark

The Arizona Diamondbacks continue to demand that everyone else pay for their expenses

Eventually, in 2018, an agreement between Maricopa County and the Arizona Diamondbacks was finalized that essentially allowed the team to take over all Chase Field maintenance in exchange for the opportunity to seek a new ballpark at another location. The team quickly fixed all of their issues with their wallet, right? No. What about those massive problems listed by the team? For some strange reason, after the team took over management of the ballpark, “hardly any stadium repairs” were done within the first few years. The team miraculously was able to make the ballpark work to start the next…

William Neilson Jr.