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Post by longsuffering on Apr 21, 2022 23:52:14 GMT -5
The Big Ten Golden Gophers play baseball there also. Perhaps this is the only Super Bowl hosting stadium that also hosted D-3 baseball. But with 45-50 or so stadiums (several repeats) having hosted Super Bowls, maybe not.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Apr 22, 2022 12:07:59 GMT -5
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No they don't. UMinn has their own yard.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 22, 2022 14:46:24 GMT -5
I do recall the Gophers playing a game or games at the late, great Humphreydome. It was a baseball park; the new football stadium I would think is something along the lines of the LA Coloseum or the Polo Grounds.
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Post by bfoley82 on Apr 22, 2022 14:56:00 GMT -5
^ No they don't. UMinn has their own yard. They play about 15 games a year at the new building
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Post by bfoley82 on Apr 22, 2022 14:57:18 GMT -5
I do recall the Gophers playing a game or games at the late, great Humphreydome. It was a baseball park; the new football stadium I would think is something along the lines of the LA Coloseum or the Polo Grounds. Here are some highlights of the new stadium as some of the seats go back.
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 22, 2022 15:51:19 GMT -5
Neat. Stadium is giving back to the community.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 22, 2022 21:10:33 GMT -5
Was it the Humphreydome that also had a "baggie" behind an outfield fence?
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Post by bringbackcaro on Apr 23, 2022 19:50:24 GMT -5
What is the actual cost per tax payer? There are 20M residents of New York State. I don’t know how many pay taxes, but let’s say half — 10M. Even if the stadium hits Matheson’s high mark of $1B, that’s $100 per taxpayer, on average, spread out over multiple years (I’m guessing). Can’t Matheson find better things to research than the impact of people paying $100 over multiple years for a professional sports franchise that adds significantly to the Buffalo & state economy ($200M+ salary cap for players paying state income taxes, for one)?
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 23, 2022 22:25:31 GMT -5
The State income tax for players and highly compensated staff in a high tax state is a factor I hadn't considered. Locals would spend their recreational dollars on something else, but the income taxes aren't walking through that door without the franchise.
The total annual state income tax on all the salaries in the organization pays a good percentage of the amortization of the bonds.
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Post by timholycross on Apr 24, 2022 10:44:14 GMT -5
Very rough calculation of a rather low budget big league team, the A's. Maybe their payroll would be higher than this, but, then again, the Marlins, Pirates and Orioles all bring up the rear; and they all have nice ballparks. Payroll 60 million (52 million plus the organization salaries) Tax Rate 12% on the average Total 7.2 million
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Post by longsuffering on Apr 24, 2022 18:22:58 GMT -5
Very rough calculation of a rather low budget big league team, the A's. Maybe their payroll would be higher than this, but, then again, the Marlins, Pirates and Orioles all bring up the rear; and they all have nice ballparks. Payroll 60 million (52 million plus the organization salaries) Tax Rate 12% on the average Total 7.2 million Which can finance nine figures worth of Bonds I would think. So the taxpayers still have to cough. But the NFL salary cap is 208.2 million for 2022 and teams have an army of staff. So 12% of $240 million is 28.8 million, or around 14-15 million for a state with more of an average income tax.
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