Stuff is beginning to come out.
..In the newest plan, Milwaukee and Milwaukee County would cover about $200 million of the $700 million funding bill. Brewers President Rick Schlesinger says it would cost roughly $20 million to $25 million to winterize the park.
“It’s not a small undertaking but it opens up interesting possibilities,” Schlesinger said. “Concerts, NCAA basketball games, the NHL Winter Classic, volleyball. "To me, it’s a wonderful facility and the fact we could use it in November, December, January, February, and March when it’s otherwise shut down is a great opportunity.”...
Well, isn't that nice!
Another report that aired last night had a County official mentioning that the revenues from winter events go straight into the pocket of the Brewers. (That comment has been deleted from the transcript. Curious, no?)
Meantime, Vos demonstrates his nearly-invincible economic ignorance by proclaiming that 'it is cheaper to keep the Brewers (and spending a few hundred million) than to let them go'. How does Robin the Econo-Meister come to that conclusion?
By assuming (ass-u-me) that the Stadium must remain standing through the rest of history, or sumpin'sumpin blah blah bullshit bullshit Robin was here!
(Not hard to tell that Vos has the Politician Mentality born of waaaayyyy too many years in "serving" some people--mainly himself--at the Government trough).
The Mayor of Milwaukee has a far better plan in his pocket: tear down the Stadium and redevelop the land into housing.
Voila!! No forever Stadium cost.
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