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Post by timholycross on Jan 7, 2022 12:26:57 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 7, 2022 12:40:04 GMT -5
Is this company publicly traded? If so, I'd like to short the stock
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Post by lou on Jan 7, 2022 12:43:35 GMT -5
According to the story, the local Yankees minor league team here in NY has been sold. But there's been no mention of that around here, that I've seen anyway
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Post by Wormtown Railers Fan on Jan 7, 2022 12:51:19 GMT -5
Offer was rejected. Luccino is 76 years old. I’m sure he’ll be exiting relatively soon.
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Post by rf1 on Jan 7, 2022 14:44:15 GMT -5
Lucchino's word is worthless. He is an absolute snake and always has been (just ask Theo Epstein). Buckle your seat belts if the team gets outside ownership. They will care little for Worcester and any non-legal commitments and promises made by prior ownership will no longer have any weight. Pawtucket had it great during Ben Mondor's 30 year run. It was after his death that things began to turn for the worse. First under his wife's absent ownership and then even more when Lucchino and his crew got involved and tried to blackmail the city and state.
More bad news on Worcester's fantasy that new tax revenues from nearby ballpark development will pay off the stadium without a massive tax bailout. The planned Cove residential development recently got halved. Just went from the originally proposed 13 floors with 318 units to 7 floors with 173 units. It follows the path of the already built new parking garage that was originally slated for 500 spots but ended up at 350. Smaller projects net less tax revenue. These scalebacks are not good omens.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 7, 2022 15:02:13 GMT -5
Lucchino's word is worthless. He is an absolute snake and always has been (just ask Theo Epstein). Buckle your seat belts if the team gets outside ownership. They will care little for Worcester and any non-legal commitments and promises made by prior ownership will no longer have any weight. Pawtucket had it great during Ben Mondor's 30 year run. It was after his death that things began to turn for the worse. First under his wife's absent ownership and then even more when Lucchino and his crew got involved and tried to blackmail the city and state. More bad news on Worcester's fantasy that new tax revenues from nearby ballpark development will pay off the stadium without a massive tax bailout. The planned Cove residential development recently got halved. Just went from the originally proposed 13 floors with 318 units to 7 floors with 173 units. It follows the path of the already built new parking garage that was originally slated for 500 spots but ended up at 350. Smaller projects net less tax revenue. These scalebacks are not good omens. As I have said since Day 1 of the Worcester Red Sox, this is a disaster for the city. |
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Post by longsuffering on Jan 7, 2022 17:22:34 GMT -5
Endeavor is majority owner of the UFC. When the UFC changed hands for $4 Billion, it was mentioned that Bob Kraft was an investor in either Endeavor or in the percentage of the UFC they didn't buy. Either way he is a business partner, making Endeavor legit in my book. The UFC has been a major catalyst in the successful launching of ESPN+, including PPV which they use ESPN+ exclusively for.
I wouldn't be surprised if Endeavor leveraged their relationship with ESPN to broadcast all or some of minor league baseball on ESPN+.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 8, 2022 10:15:07 GMT -5
Lucchino's word is worthless. He is an absolute snake and always has been (just ask Theo Epstein). Buckle your seat belts if the team gets outside ownership. They will care little for Worcester and any non-legal commitments and promises made by prior ownership will no longer have any weight. Pawtucket had it great during Ben Mondor's 30 year run. It was after his death that things began to turn for the worse. First under his wife's absent ownership and then even more when Lucchino and his crew got involved and tried to blackmail the city and state. More bad news on Worcester's fantasy that new tax revenues from nearby ballpark development will pay off the stadium without a massive tax bailout. The planned Cove residential development recently got halved. Just went from the originally proposed 13 floors with 318 units to 7 floors with 173 units. It follows the path of the already built new parking garage that was originally slated for 500 spots but ended up at 350. Smaller projects net less tax revenue. These scalebacks are not good omens. As I have been since Day 1 of the Worcester Red Sox, this is a disaster for the city. If I am reading this correctly, you are admitting that you are a disaster for the city of Worcester? |
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 17, 2022 20:43:46 GMT -5
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Post by thecrossisback on Jan 17, 2022 21:04:49 GMT -5
It just so easy to be negative about everything.
It's first year was during COVID.
This is a providence article that is salty they lost the team.
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Post by rf1 on Jan 18, 2022 16:21:18 GMT -5
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