Posted on 07/26/2016 2:15:46 PM PDT by Sopater
I’m sure Braves researched the zip codes of their fans and it turned out most of them are from north of Atlanta. So that’s why they’re building a new stadium in Cobb County.
Since Lambeau Field was renovated, it has attracted more tourists. That translates into more money for the mom and pop sports bars and restaurants surrounding the stadium.
I agree though, that taxpayers shouldn't be responsible for paying for new stadiums. It was Jesse Ventura who said "If they can afford to pay players millions of dollars a year, then they can afford to build their own stadiums."
Tornados are not unknown in that area.
Polycarbonate (Lexan) is used for bulletproof glass. Sometimes just thick sheets of Lexan, other times a sandwich of glass and Lexan.
Well, there ya go.
THANKS.
I’d be suspicious of every owner of glass replacement shops in the city.
Hmmmm.....it DOES look like a Jawa sand crawler.....
http://amgagg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gallery2.jpg
The overlords decided that a new stadium would be built. And nothing — certainly not the will of The People — was going to stand in the way. So the stadium was built, and the taxpayers got the bill for it. And will continue to in perpetuity ... until the next liberal elitist decides to tear IT down and build another monument to Louis XVI.
I heard an ex-sailor in 1968 tell of transparent aluminum armor. He saw it in use on a warship of the time.
Nope, polycarbonate. Other than Star Trek variations:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_glass
Non-sports caring about me that likes history a lot took the Lambeau tour a few years back looking for a break from the Oshkosh airshow.
I learned a bit, the two guides I had were great people, and I spent a little money in Green Bay on lunch, some fuel, and at the railroad museum.
No pro sports team here but USC will spare no expense for the precious sports-chickens. I get sick of hearing universities crying poor while paying big bucks to coaches and building top of the line facilities for ball players when other stuff that is more useful doesn’t get the attention.
Disclaimer I despise “big sports” pro and college.
Curiously, the stadiums “need to be replaced” about the time
that the bonds are paid off for the previous one.
Anyway, little nobody blue collar guys might have had the notion
to lay in some spare panels while the place was being built.
The titled, big desk, college educated power brokers knew that was
not needed.
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We shall see how Cobb County does on its promised ROI.
Also, now that the ferals know about the glass, expect many more incidents.
Decades of evidence pointing to not only a zero economic impact, but a negative one with tax funded stadiums.
Yes, but Lambeau is more of a pilgrimage stop, and can’t really compare to something new.
Fitting, since the burka women of Minnesota look like Jawas.
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