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Bill Foster同意光芒可以在坦帕地區尋找新球場

以下僅翻一句重要的字句  未來還有一些後續報導   期待高手補充

文末來提到新球場的財政相關問題.....

最後   只說謝謝你，Bill Foster   Go Rays!

In a move that was probably inevitable but still surprising, St. Petersburg
mayor Bill Foster will now allow the Rays to look at new stadium sites in
Tampa according to Stephen Nohlgren and Mark Puente of TampaBay.com…

“If your goal is keeping the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa Bay until 2050, you
have to let them look in Tampa,” Foster said.

Foster說 如果你目標想讓光芒留在坦帕地區直到2050年，那要讓他們去坦帕尋找新球場。

Well, that’s great news. But my first thought is, “what did Stuart
Sternberg offer Foster and the City of St. Pete?” This change of heart was
too sudden and too dramatic to have come without a cost.

The two sides have been negotiating for months and Foster has always been
very firm in his stance. So either Foster got an offer or a promise that was
too good to pass up.

But Foster is not optimistic that the situation will be any better in Tampa…

“I think there is a big question mark as to whether or not Tampa Bay is a
major league region…[the attendance] is a flag to the entire community. Are
we a major league community? Are we a major league region? I think people
need to decide what we are. We’re either going to be major league and
support this team or we risk losing them.”

And he is not sure it can even happen…

“It’s somewhat humorous to watch (County Commission Chairman Ken) Hagan and
(Tampa Mayor Bob) Buckhorn kind of backpedaling a little bit because they
were all wearing their finest trying to court the Rays to look over there…
Now that it might actually happen, you got Ken Hagan saying he’s not going
to commit any taxpayer money to it, which is naive…And you have the mayor of
Tampa saying he could come up with $100 million. But the private sector and
the Rays have to come up with the lion’s share. That’s extremely naive.”

I have said from the beginning, and I’m fairly sure that Hagan has also
always suggested, that no matter where the new stadium is built, all sides
will have to get creative when it comes to financing it and a big chunk of
the cost will have to come from the private sector.

That means tax payers will have to pony up some money. Maybe it won’t be
two-thirds or even one-third, but they will have to pay some. And the Rays
will have to come up with a chunk. But it is doubtful that those two sides
can pay for it all.

That means outside investors, and if there is anybody that knows a thing or
two about investing, it is Stuart Sternberg. So financing will need to be
creative. But honestly, it is one part that has never worried me.

They will find a way.

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※ 編輯: srysry          來自: 111.240.220.151      (08/08 00:28)
推 schumi945   :光芒飛天了!?
說飛天或許太早，但至少對於新球場一事比過去是大有進展而已。

推 s127din     :雖然說是光芒迷 但對哪裡適合當新家也不知道 糗QQ
推 Connec      :很羨慕那種全國主場的
※ 編輯: srysry          來自: 111.240.220.151      (08/08 01:25)
推 miabcd199   :兄弟:
推 Bifrons     :記得過個橋就是大城市