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Miami Herald: Stadium Proposal must clear legislature, city leaders
It looks like the Marlins have finally gotten their sweetheart deal. Despite revenues projected at $145m, the Marlins will be required to kick in only $6m per year and some other money up front (how much wasn't clear from the article). As part of the deal, they will have to change their name to the Miami Marlins, which was once the name of the local minor league franchise. I guess that means another logo change will be in the works. I hope they'll consider changing their color scheme as well.
I'm pretty much numb by the dollars we as a society are willing to pour down the drain for our sports fetishes. I'm as guilty as anyone. To be honest, all of us (real fans) would be much better off if the game were far less popular. We would still enjoy the game, but we could get rid of the social crowd that drives so much of the pricing today. $10 box seats might return to a lot of ballparks if attendance were to be cut in half.
Imagine the game in the 60's and 70's when the game was the deal. Crowds of 17,000/game, Morgan, Aaron, Koufax and others all for peanuts. In 1965, the Dodgers lead the NL with 31,000 per game. In 2000, ten NL teams topped that amount.
It looks like the Marlins have finally gotten their sweetheart deal. Despite revenues projected at $145m, the Marlins will be required to kick in only $6m per year and some other money up front (how much wasn't clear from the article). As part of the deal, they will have to change their name to the Miami Marlins, which was once the name of the local minor league franchise. I guess that means another logo change will be in the works. I hope they'll consider changing their color scheme as well.
I'm pretty much numb by the dollars we as a society are willing to pour down the drain for our sports fetishes. I'm as guilty as anyone. To be honest, all of us (real fans) would be much better off if the game were far less popular. We would still enjoy the game, but we could get rid of the social crowd that drives so much of the pricing today. $10 box seats might return to a lot of ballparks if attendance were to be cut in half.
Imagine the game in the 60's and 70's when the game was the deal. Crowds of 17,000/game, Morgan, Aaron, Koufax and others all for peanuts. In 1965, the Dodgers lead the NL with 31,000 per game. In 2000, ten NL teams topped that amount.
posted by Sean Foran # 12:20 PM 
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