(12-13-2019, 06:49 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(12-10-2019, 09:06 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: If he balks at the idea, well then, what would that tell us?

That he doesn't like the idea of fronting a billion smackeroos in hopes that a city that's already broke can figure out how to pay him back someday?

Well of course a prerequisite for doing anything with the old stadium, or building a new stadium, would be that the city can actually afford it.  If we were broke and couldn't afford it, then I would say forget it.   And why would Khan ask the city to pay for a new stadium if the city is broke, anyway?  The answer is, we're not broke.  

All I'm saying is if I were running the city, before I committed huge amounts of money to a stadium, I would want a solid guarantee that it will be used, and that the team would not move.  A solid lease with enforceable penalties for moving the team would be a requirement.  And the penalties would have to be large enough to make up for the loss to the city if they put up a huge amount of money for a stadium that winds up abandoned.

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