LAT: Proposed Angels ballpark in Long Beach could cost more than $1 billion, might not open until 2025

[Inside Pitch]

4 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

Yankee Stadium cost $2.3 billion ten years ago so this new stadium in Long Beach won’t be much of a ball park. 

1.2 billion of that went to pay off the mafia run concrete unions.    Seriously.

[Claude]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

1.2 billion of that went to pay off the mafia run concrete unions.    Seriously.

Spot on. 

[yamsi12]

Has Bernie Sanders or any of the other candidates announced the federal government will pay for it yet since they seem to be giving everything else away for “free”?

[John Taylor]

2 hours ago, True Grich said:

If the Angels move to Long Beach; given the team's history, I'll tell you exactly what will happen.

Mike Trout will be the first to arrive at the stadium on Opening Day. At precisely the time he walks out on the field to warm up - a tsunami will hit the stadium and sweep Trout out into the pacific ocean. An intensive man hunt will take place and Jo Adell will insist on being a part of the search team because that's just the kind of guy he is.

A second wave of the tsunami will hit and Adell will also be swept out to sea.

Forced into a desperate situation - the Angels will be forced to sign the sons of Vernon Wells and Gary Matthews, Jr. to replace Trout and Adell.

The team will lose 150 games. 

Arte will sell the team and they will move to Portland, sign Vlad, Jr. and Ronald Acuna, Jr. and win six consecutive World Series' with AJ Pierzynski managing the club.

Several members of AW will be indicted for planning to blow up the stadium in Portland.  They will post bail, thanks to the generosity of Albert Pujols, who feels bad for them.

Eventually, they'll all be sent to San Quentin - where they will live out their days yelling at the clouds. 

Sadly, tank will be the first to pass away because he's forced to eat meat. 

Stradling will eventually escape, digging his way out of the prison using illegal straws from In 'n Out.

Chuck will organize a prison-wide fantasy baseball league that is so volatile that all the managers in the league will end up killing each other - while wardens kevinb and backupthetruck look the other way, laughing.

Lou will never see the inside of a prison because he becomes the state's key witness - turning over thousands of posts implicating all of the AW members planning to bomb the stadium.

Inside Pitch will also escape when he makes a fool out of the prosecuting attorney, but is shot to death outside the court house by former AW members who were made to look like fools from past arguments.

Taylor will also escape by moving to Washington, DC and taking refuge under Trump's couch.  The very couch the took a dump on when visiting the White House in 2019.

I could go on and on... but you get the picture...

 

To be continued.... (?)

 

Don't forget the real tragedy here as @Jeff Fletcherwill be forced to become the Dodgers beat writer for the OC Register. 

[Claude]

3 hours ago, True Grich said:

If the Angels move to Long Beach; given the team's history, I'll tell you exactly what will happen.

Mike Trout will be the first to arrive at the stadium on Opening Day. At precisely the time he walks out on the field to warm up - a tsunami will hit the stadium and sweep Trout out into the pacific ocean. An intensive man hunt will take place and Jo Adell will insist on being a part of the search team because that's just the kind of guy he is.

A second wave of the tsunami will hit and Adell will also be swept out to sea.

Forced into a desperate situation - the Angels will be forced to sign the sons of Vernon Wells and Gary Matthews, Jr. to replace Trout and Adell.

The team will lose 150 games. 

Arte will sell the team and they will move to Portland, sign Vlad, Jr. and Ronald Acuna, Jr. and win six consecutive World Series' with AJ Pierzynski managing the club.

Several members of AW will be indicted for planning to blow up the stadium in Portland.  They will post bail, thanks to the generosity of Albert Pujols, who feels bad for them.

Eventually, they'll all be sent to San Quentin - where they will live out their days yelling at the clouds. 

Sadly, tank will be the first to pass away because he's forced to eat meat. 

Stradling will eventually escape, digging his way out of the prison using illegal straws from In 'n Out.

Chuck will organize a prison-wide fantasy baseball league that is so volatile that all the managers in the league will end up killing each other - while wardens kevinb and backupthetruck look the other way, laughing.

Lou will never see the inside of a prison because he becomes the state's key witness - turning over thousands of posts implicating all of the AW members planning to bomb the stadium.

Inside Pitch will also escape when he makes a fool out of the prosecuting attorney, but is shot to death outside the court house by former AW members who were made to look like fools from past arguments.

Taylor will also escape by moving to Washington, DC and taking refuge under Trump's couch.  The very couch the took a dump on when visiting the White House in 2019.

I could go on and on... but you get the picture...

 

To be continued.... (?)

 

Not until he finds out that in 'n out is served a little different in prison.

[failos]

Nah f that noise. OC or GTFO

[yk9001]

Kind of a recap of what's gone on thus far on the Angels stadium in Long Beach, from the Long Beach perspective.

https://lbpost.com/news/angels-long-beach-anaheim-stadium/

I will admit, I did not know at first how seriously Long Beach is taking this.

 

 

[yk9001]

Btw, the Angels will have to work around the annual Pride Weekend.  I've been on the political board here, and seen all the Trump lovers, and all the political leanings that come with that.  It will go over with the Angels fans on this board like a turd in a punchbowl.

[UndertheHalo]

It sounds like they have a good plan to create a place with even shittier parking then the Doyers shit hole. 

[Jay]

11 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Btw, the Angels will have to work around the annual Pride Weekend.  I've been on the political board here, and seen all the Trump lovers, and all the political leanings that come with that.  It will go over with the Angels fans on this board like a turd in a punchbowl.

You're right, Anaheim is a better fit for all the Trump-loving nazis.

 

[Claude]

9 minutes ago, Jay said:

You're right, Anaheim is a better fit for all the Trump-loving nazis.

 

 

[Angelsfan1984]

I'm staring at the City of Long Beaches financials, police and insurance budgets...they cannot afford to have a stadium. If it were built it would be funding almost entirely by tax payers and a stadium authority would be responsible for the upkeep, protection and maintenance of the stadium. I've spoken personally to the City manager at Anaheim and he doesn't believe they are going to keep the Angels but obviously money changes that. I'll keep you guys posted if I hear anything else.

[yk9001]

City of Detroit goes down the sh*tter while the city pays for the new Pistons arena.

South Florida bent over backwards to hand a truckful of cash to the Marlins to build a new stadium.

 

Logic and finances ain't got nothing to do with it.

[Slegnaac]

 

 

[Lhalo]

On 5/14/2019 at 1:37 PM, yk9001 said:

a guy for an independent LB online news organization did some digging.  Long Beach mayor seems excited about this.

https://www.lbreport.com/news/may19/angelspra1.htm

That website has aids.

[yk9001]

16 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

That website has aids.

You got a problem with Geocities web sites in 2019??

[yamsi12]

3 hours ago, Jay said:

You're right, Anaheim is a better fit for all the Trump-loving nazis.

 

Anaheim is a German named city after all.

[Claude]

2 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

I'm staring at the City of Long Beaches financials, police and insurance budgets...they cannot afford to have a stadium. If it were built it would be funding almost entirely by tax payers and a stadium authority would be responsible for the upkeep, protection and maintenance of the stadium. I've spoken personally to the City manager at Anaheim and he doesn't believe they are going to keep the Angels but obviously money changes that. I'll keep you guys posted if I hear anything else.

Anaheim would actually make more revenue by knocking down the stadium and have developers build restaurants, hotels. When Arte bought the team he was the benefactor of a Disney friendly lease that basically lets him operate for very little cost. He’s basically rent free and keeps 95% of the revenue. It’s a sweetheart deal. Anaheim would actually be better off selling the property. 

[Angelsfan1984]

3 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

Anaheim would actually make more revenue by knocking down the stadium and have developers build restaurants, hotels. When Arte bought the team he was the benefactor of a Disney friendly lease that basically lets him operate for very little cost. He’s basically rent free and keeps 95% of the revenue. It’s a sweetheart deal. Anaheim would actually be better off selling the property. 

I agree with much less liability exposure. The cost to operate and maintain a stadium is crazy expensive, there isn't much actual revenue going to the City vs the cost to insure it.

[notherhalo]

Long Beach is a better place to drink than Anaheim

[Lou]

37 minutes ago, notherhalo said:

Long Beach is a better place to drink than Anaheim

 

[Claude]

 

I don't understand why anybody would be upset about a move to a new stadium in Long Beach. I think a waterfront view would be kinda cool. Maybe they could even make it a Mike Trout hitter friendly park. 

[Jay]

1 hour ago, notherhalo said:

Long Beach is a better place to drink than Anaheim

That's not saying much.

 

[Jay]

39 minutes ago, Calzone 2 said:

I don't understand why anybody would be upset about a move to a new stadium in Long Beach.

A new stadium in Long Beach would be awesome, if they can make it work.

 

[Claude]

Just now, Jay said:

A new stadium in Long Beach would be awesome, if they can make it work.

 

Yep and it's closer to Japan.