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It's WGN.....nothing big and who knows if they know what their talking about.
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If it's just a tax on tickets though, then what's the big deal? Just by a ticket from a season ticket holder on stubhub.
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ehh sortof but not really..
its more from that part of the budget.. the tax that you pay on basically any ticket in the city for sports, events.. etc.. goes into that part of the budget..
basically Ricketts is saying that the Cubs take up a large chunk of that taxable income.. so the money should be coming back to help keep the Cubs at Wrigley.
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I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens with this.
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It sounds like there is some backing.. but plenty of outside opposition too.
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that is how corporations work. the amusement tax is a loophole that ricketts can use, and the state can deny this which would force the ricketts to take out a loan through a lender, which may not be able to be done due to any outstanding loans through the incorporation.
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Yeah, let's improve the brand new field we got last year. Yeah.
Someone is confident.
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Ricketts is pretty loaded. He can't just pay for it himself?
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he isnt loaded. or i should say, he was until he bought this team
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Daley and Quinn say no.
Still going to Madigan about it.
Still going to Madigan about it.
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it wont happen.
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From what I heard this morning.. It's unlikely at it's current state.. A re-done plan may pass.. Considering Daley even ripped the Trib for letting Wrigley basically fall apart.
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Looks pretty nice..
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I don't live in Illinois, so sure...I am ok with this
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Looks pretty nice..
Sure it does, but my view is until Illinois is running a $200 million surplus in their budget and all debts are paid off...this should not be funded by taxpayers.
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That's never gonna happen.. At least we aren't Texas though.. they are like 25 billion in debt.. With a so called "fiscal conservative" at the helm.
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And this is what it would look like in reality...
Truthfully.. They are gonna have to do something.. It is getting old.
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why spend any money on some stupid ass restaurant etc.....build a new stadium dammit