Palace Under Contract for Sale

[Richard]

And why do brand new arena's have a shelf life of only 20 + years ???

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down.

Tear it down

Tear it down.

Trump chant.

Florida taxpayers had to cough up for 3 new spring training stadiums or camps.

100 million plus each,for a diamond to practice on a few months out of the year and when you drive by there are about 50 spectators in the stands at best when they practice.

When pressed non-compete clauses are hard to uphold.anything built with taxpayer funding should show a percentage going back into the taxpayer pockets.

Maybe that’s why they replace them so frequently,they have received a payback on the percentage that they actually invested and can have a shiny new venue with only a 30% self investment.

It like buying a new 200k house every ten years,if you are only $30k out of pocket,why not?

[401don]

Florida taxpayers had to cough up for 3 new spring training stadiums or camps.

100 million plus each,for a diamond to practice on a few months out of the year and when you drive by there are about 50 spectators in the stands at best when they practice.

When pressed non-compete clauses are hard to uphold.anything built with taxpayer funding should show a percentage going back into the taxpayer pockets.

Maybe that’s why they replace them so frequently,they have received a payback on the percentage that they actually invested and can have a shiny new venue with only a 30% self investment.

It like buying a new 200k house every ten years,if you are only $30k out of pocket,why not?

Yeah, the amount Florida gov't is spending on these new spring training complexes is nuts. They have these high tech training and rehab facilities for the major league clubs. Half the teams are already in Arizona so I don't think the other half were going anywhere. Of course they mostly use tourist taxes to generate the revenue.
The Palace was one of the last arenas build with all private funds however.