[Husker] New Stadium Plans Announced

[Skylar Dodds]

Nick, I'd add to what you're saying that the CWS is going to become much
more corporate.  Instead of tail-gaiters up and down the streets and a
friendly feel you get walking up to the stadium it's going to be restaurants
and pepsi tents.

You are 100% correct that this IS NOT a fan friendly change.  This is
designed with the sole purpose of getting the NCAA, the city, and the CWS
----MORE MONEY----.  That comes from corporate dollars, not people.

Not that any citizen will have any say in it, don't be fooled by what they
say.

I should say, that despite all my bickering about how shady this whole thing
is and how Fahey is dillusional, H.O.K. did design a beautiful park and if
it comes to pass, it will be one of the nicest non-MLB stadiums (if not the)
in the entire country.

--
Skylar

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Chevance [mailto:nickchevance at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:06 PM
To: Skylar Dodds
Cc: List Husker
Subject: Re: [Husker] New Stadium Plans Announced

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
...Goodbye CWS as we know it.

Amen, Skylar.

And that to me is what makes this whole stadium business stink.  I'm
grumbling about this but not because I don't care much for baseball
anymore, or the fact that I've never even been to a game at the CWS,
but that this change will put the CWS on a par with other NCAA
championships - big time and big money.

It wasn't too long ago that I was able to purchase tickets, through a
lottery system, to basketball regionals in Denver and in Albuquerque
at cost.  No more.  Even knowing a couple of Creighton season ticket
holders will probably not be enough to get tickets to the first two
rounds to be played here in Omaha next month.  Going price is already
skyrocketing to over $1000 per game.  Per game.  And the CWS will
slowly become less for folks who love baseball but just happen to not
be so well off, and more for folks who don't now $%^& about baseball,
but go to the CWS because they can afford it.  Great for Omaha and
business, I guess.  But no matter what anyone says, it won't be done
for the fans, or at least fans with income less than a certain level.
This will certainly change the look and feel of the CWS.  It will be
some time before we can tell if its a change for the good or not.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Nick
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infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even
considering if there is a man on base."
Dave Barry

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