Cubs asking for $200 million from ILL Taxpayers

[brett05]

The Cubs are asking the Illinois legislature for $200 million in Wrigley upgrades | HardballTalk

Hmm. They fixed the bathrooms last year. They want to fix them some more. Any chance of addressing the on-field product?

Boy oh boy, miss those days of the Tribune company.

 

[Jntg4]

Ya, the bathrooms need fixing. They seem to put all the money into the field and future spring training stadium now.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Ricketts sounds like he's putting the money on us having the landmark status..

If the state doesn't pay up some with updating costs for making Wrigley a landmark.. Ricketts will eventually move the team to a new stadium.

 

[Scoot26]

I vote no to the government giving him money to update Wrigley..The state is broke.

 

[Jntg4]

Everyone's broke.

 

[Scoot26]

Everyone's broke.

The owner of Cubs isnt or he never would have been in a position to buy the team.

 

[Jntg4]

Improve the field, f*** the state.

 

[DewsSox79]

My money should not go to this, like B and B said today on their show, enough with owners not having the money....dont buy the god damn team. if you want upgrades pay for them yourself, not the tax payers.

 

[Derkach77]

I love Ricketts man the glory of having an actual owner instead of being owned by a dumb company....

 

[Scoot26]

Improve the field, f*** the state.

You're young..you dont understand yet.

 

[Scoot26]

My money should not go to this, like B and B said today on their show, enough with owners not having the money....dont buy the god damn team. if you want upgrades pay for them yourself, not the tax payers.

:clap:

 

[DewsSox79]

Improve the field, f*** the state.

when you are married and own a house you will understand.

 

[DewsSox79]

Everyone's broke.

since that is true, than the upgrades can wait. period.

 

[Jntg4]

WGN said the money wouldn't come from taxpayers. I don't know how not, but it's what they said.

 

[waldo7239117]

As a Cub fan, I could care less if they fix the stadium-field.

 

[Jntg4]

when you are married and own a house you will understand.

Sorry, I'm too ugly IMO to ever get married.

 

[Lefty]

I don't understand why the state wouldn't treat the Cubs like any other bank would. I mean, they would only be paying the difference in amusement tax revenues from some benchmark onward towards the bonds, or something like that? Fuck that, you want the money up front? Fine, but you're going to pay us back in a certain amount of time, with interest.

 

[Lefty]

WGN said the money wouldn't come from taxpayers. I don't know how not, but it's what they said.

I guess technically it wouldn't come directly from the tax payers. The money would come from the revenue generated by the state amusement tax, apparently, which isn't technically "from the taxpayers", I guess.

 

[Scoot26]

I guess technically it wouldn't come directly from the tax payers. The money would come from the revenue generated by the state amusement tax, apparently, which isn't technically "from the taxpayers", I guess.

Isn't the amusement tax added to the price of tickets though?

 

[Lefty]

Yeah, but it won't necessarily be an increase in those taxes. Renovations = more tickets = more tax revenue. But even then, the money going to pay off the bonds (which were funded from tax revenue in the first place) will be from tax-paying ticket-buyers, so I don't know what made WGN say that.