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For living here 18 years you shouldn't have a problem understanding! Since the turn of the century (2000) First mayor Oscar Goodman and then his wife Carolyn Goodman have made it their priorities to revitalize downtown. I know this for a fact because i was present for press conference announcing proposed plans to build a downtown sports arena where Oscar spoke. Every attempt by the Goldmans to bring in sports franchise was to bring it downtown. If I am not mistaken the Diamobdback overture was to being them to Henderson. And not negotiated by the Goodmans The Mayor of Las Vegas has no say....none..whether a sports facility is built outside of Las Vegas city limits and this includes Henderson. She lobbied the A's hard to get them to use the Cashman Field as the site of their new home. The A's rejected. Her, in a pissed off mood, suggest they are not serious and should stay in Oakland. She backtracked on that statement almost immediately. The fact is the franchise owners, the hotel executives, and the Culinary Union all want these facilities on or near the strip. In fact i wouldnt ve surprised the leagues want them on the strip as well. Butthurt by being rejected she made the dumbass statement using a narrative by those who do not want the A's to move. There is no advantage to the city government of Las Vegas. Or the Mayor of the sites or outside the city limits. Think what you want, but the explanation of her comment is pretty simple to understand.
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Kids can eat at the hotels just like adults. You are correct about gaming. You may have a point about not bringing in 33k a night 81 games. I see a lot of opposing fans at GK games and there are 41 of those. I think there will be excitement for the A's. Las Vegas is not Oakland. There is a lot more money than Oakland. Media market may not be as big but you also have to include an estimate 38 million people who come to Vegas annually. The good reason to believe Fisher will still be cheap. However, despite being cheap they have made the playoffs more than many big spending franchises.
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My only problem with the Trop and I15 was the parking. That location would be almost a mile walk from two hotel parking facilitues, and almost 2 miles from four others. The Strip location outs those parking facilitities within a half mile walk. And most of that walking would be inside the hotels. The original location would require almost a mile walk outside where it would be 110 degrees at the start of the game time. I do not think Traffic will be that big of a problem. The parking at 5 different hiteks give 5 different exits areas for traffic. The monorail stos there. And people will be eating-drinkibg begire abd after games in the casinos. Thus people will be departing at different times. Finally they are expecting a large number of opposing fans staying at the hotels. I Could be wrong on the traffic issues, but i think they have that planned out.
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I never said you didnt live hear. I just saud if you did live here you would know the context of Carolyn Goodmans quote and you are misleading this board. Yes the quote can be interpreted to true if you leave the context out. Many people think its a bad location. That position has merit. IMO the best location would have been southside of the strip, sahara and LV bvd. The strip location nakes too much sense since that is the location to the best resorts and most famous landmarks of the city. I don't have a problem with Trop and LV bvd. Its a far better location than originally announced at Trop and Arville. Parking will not be an issue because there will be 5 resorts hotels within walking distance. Most of it inside. You msy have to walk through casino but that is why there is so much support for the location. You have to walk through casinos. You will pregame or post game at the casinos. You will probably drop ten to 20 bucks at the slot machines. You will have to pay for parking, but you have to do that at any stadium. As for traffic when TMobile and baseball used at same time. Again people will not go home amright after the games. They will eat/drink in the casinos. I know i dont face any traffice problem parking at the MGM for GK games. I do avoid Trop. I go down Spring Mountain to paradise rd. Park at the MGM, eat at either the MGM or NYNY. As i leave I go down to TMC ebtrance that gets me back to paradise
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Vegas Halo Fan reacted to a post in a topic: A’s release renderings of new Las Vegas domed stadium that resembles famous Sydney Opera House
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I thought you were a Vegas Native? Am I wrong? Let get some thing clear! Cashman Field is in one of the worst areas of metro area. The strip is the most famous areas of the metro area! The franchises did not want to be near down town but they wanted to be near the strip. I hope that isnt hard to figure out! Both mayors Goodman (hubby and wife) want to revitalize downtown. However, the sport franchises are marketing tourist as well as locals. Thus they want to be near the best resorts. Which is the strip. Goodmans had no choice in the area. You comment like they had a say where venues go! 1. TMobil was open by private money. The money came from MGM and Casino magnet Adelson. Those chose TMobile bevause it was the best location to market the team. 2. Allegiant location was also chosen to be near the strip. Both Golden Knights and Raiders get corporate marketing $$$ because the MGM resorts surround both locations. 3. Of Course the T&M Center would be on the UNLV campus. Should they have put it downtown instead on the college Campus? 4. Not sure what you are trying to say about the airport. Or the Speedway which is so big in real rstate that it had to be on the outskirts of town. 5. The Mayor of Las Vegas has no say to cobstruction in Clark County. The county Commission does. And the state legislature From an economic standpoint Cashman field makes sense. It would be cheaper to build and for A's. It has the infrastructure. However, location is not ideal. The best economic decision would have been having the stadium built in Summerland. Houghes corporation has offered the land rent free. That would make more economic sense. However the best decision for marketing standpoint is the strip. The franchise owners know that. That is why they insisted a location near the strip. These arguments have been well publicized in the Las Vegas Review Journal so I am not maling it up in thin air as you say it.
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Maybe because the wuote infers things that doesnt necessarily exists. Goodman wanted the syadoum site in downtown Las Vegas Cashman field. That site is in the city of Las Vegas. The Tropicana site is in Clark County. The city would not make any tax revenue. She was butthurt that the A's didnt want the Cashman site. And don't blame them.
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stormngt reacted to a post in a topic: A’s release renderings of new Las Vegas domed stadium that resembles famous Sydney Opera House
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She said "they arent serious" so they should consider staying in Oakland. BECAUSE THE A'S DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY AT CASHMAN FIELD WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS. The Tropicana site is in Spring Valley township of Clark County. Thus the City doesnt collect tax revenue. Clark County does. Context is very important. And if you live in Las Vegas you would know the difference and is willingly misleading the board of context. Or you dont live in Las Vegas and just doesn't know the difference.
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