[Husker] New Stadium Plans Announced

[jon johnston]

Let the rioting begin!!!!


Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Feb 27, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:

> Today, Omaha mayor Mike Fahey announced his plans for the new  
> College World
> Series stadium (more on why I call it that in a minute).
>
> http://tinyurl.com/39jptz
>
> and
>
> http://www.omahastadium.com (Fahey's official site)
>
> The stadium would be in lots C&E of the Qwest center parking lot and  
> would
> cost about $140 million with approximately $59 million paid by  
> public funds.
>
> Couple of key points:
>
> 1) There will NOT be removable seats.  This is a big deal because it
> virtually guarantees that this stadium will ONLY be used for the  
> CWS.  The
> Royals and Creighton will probably need a smaller site to play in  
> (Royals
> for sure, not sure about CU).
>
> 2) Fahey has said repeatedly that he will not raise property taxes  
> to pay
> for it.  However, a good part of the money comes from suspending  
> money the
> city currently gives Douglas County from its lottery proceeds.   
> Douglas
> County has said that they will HAVE to raise property taxes to make  
> up for
> the loss of revenue.  While Fahey isn't technically lying....
>
> 3) Fahey contends that due to larger private donations for the  
> downtown
> park, renovating Rosenblatt would cost the public about the same  
> amount and
> wouldn't achieve all the benefits of the downtown stadium.
>
> That's a good start anyway...Goodbye CWS as we know it.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
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jon johnston
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