LoveiseverywhereXOXO t1_j9v63ms wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:03 PM

Reply to comment by frobro122 in MLB-required upgrades to The Diamond could cost city $3.5M by PercyDovetonsils

Because people in Richmond are sick of having our tax dollars thrown into private business ventures that don’t deliver on their promises, see Redskins training camp.

frobro122 t1_j9v9ecb wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:24 PM

Except that these types of venues have been shown time and time again to be a good investment for cities. See Charlottesville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Louisville, and Norfolk as examples

LoveiseverywhereXOXO t1_j9vamfr wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:32 PM

No they have not, statistically these projects loose money. And why look elsewhere when you can look at the Diamond and the redskins training camp or any of the other schemes that have all had big promises and then fell flat.

KiwiStack t1_j9vkg8m wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:35 PM

Please provide a source for these statistics. Preferably for other minor league baseball teams, not the training camp because that is completely different.

LoveiseverywhereXOXO t1_j9vlx9a wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:45 PM

Here is an article that links to several studies that show that minor league stadiums do not deliver on revenue for cities and are also a bad investment because the MLB is pulling teams out of even newly built stadiums because they are loosing hundreds of millions a year in failed business model.

https://reason.com/2020/12/31/these-cities-built-minor-league-ballparks-with-taxpayer-money-now-they-dont-have-teams-to-play-in-them/

KiwiStack t1_j9vntfm wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Clicked every link in this article, none of which leads to a study. They all go to other articles.

LoveiseverywhereXOXO t1_j9wd1tr wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:57 AM

See those underlined words that say study? They link you to the studies.