Retro A-Go-Go - Rolling New Ballparks thread

The furor over the parks issue prompted [state assemblyman Jose] Rivera and Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) to get some last-minute improvements in the proposal. They include a commitment from the city and state to build a new Metro-North train station at the stadium to cut down on automobile traffic on game days; an additional $8 million for improving other neighborhood parks in the South Bronx, and a commitment by the Yankees to donate $800,000 a year for 40 years to local nonprofits.

But the biggest of these add-ons - the train station and parks improvements - are being thrown in by the city and state, not the Yankees!

"It's one branch of government bargaining with another branch to save the Yankees project," said a veteran Council staffer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/406469p-344083c.html

Remaining corner of Tiger Stadium gets a reprieve:

http://www.aerialpics.com/G/TigerStadiumDemo.html

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/2008-10-07-tiger-stadium_N.htm

The Braves Play Taxpayers Better Than They Play Baseball
Small towns across the South are paying the bills for Atlanta’s farm system

Over the last 15 years, the Braves have extracted nearly half a billion in public funds for four new homes, each bigger and more expensive than the last. The crown jewel, backed by $392 million in public funding, is a $722 million, 41,500-seat stadium for the major league club set to open next year in Cobb County, northwest of Atlanta. Before Cobb, the Braves built three minor league parks, working their way up the ladder from Single A to Triple A. In every case, they switched cities, pitting their new host against the old during negotiations. They showered attention on local officials unaccustomed to dealing with a big-league franchise and, in the end, left most of the cost on the public ledger. Says Joel Maxcy, a sports economist at Drexel University: “If there’s one thing the Braves know how to do, it’s how to get money out of taxpayers.”

The Atlanta Braves own most of their minor league farm system, including, along with a Double-A team, the Triple-A team in Gwinnett County, Ga.; the Single-A team in Rome, Ga.; and lower-level teams in Danville, Va., and Lake Buena Vista, Fla. It’s an unusual arrangement....

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-atlanta-braves-stadium/

gwinnett already draws very poorly; having the parent team 30 miles down the interstate isn't likely to help

good luck in the upper decks

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-new-generation-of-ballparks-is-pushing-us-away/

Long Beach is a nice place, i been dere

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26081284/long-beach-reaches-angels-explore-possible-waterfront-stadium

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2019/02/27/14672/long-beach-offers-to-talk-about-building-stadium-for-angels-on-tiny-parking-lot-with-no-idea-how-pay-for-it/