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Potential New Minor League Park In Biloxi
Posted on 5/14/13 at 4:59 pm
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Posted on 5/14/13 at 5:40 pm to msu202020
Not going to get much for $20 million IMO. Good luck pulling a AA franchise with that price tag...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:17 am to engie
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Not going to get much for $20 million IMO. Good luck pulling a AA franchise with that price tag...
That is just what the bonds will be issued for. I would imagine the price tag will be in the 40-50 million range.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:41 am to msu202020
Agreed, that city and county has plenty of taxes rolling in, they certainly aren't hurting. That and there's still FEMA money floating around down there just waiting to be spent around that park.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:44 am to TaxmanMSU
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hat and there's still FEMA money floating around down there just waiting to be spent around that park.
FEMA money is gone, though if it was still around, couldn't be used for a baseball park.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:57 am to engie
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Not going to get much for $20 million IMO
21 million is coming from bonds. The cost was set at 35 million.
The only thing i see as a little crazy is putting it on a casino owned land and leasing it from them.
Google "Constellation Field". That stadium cost around 35 million as of 2 years ago to get an idea of what 35 million can buy.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 8:59 am to msu202020
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though if it was still around, couldn't be used for a baseball park.
But they could use it on infrastructure like road improvements, drainage, etc. around the park.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 9:03 am to Cdawg
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But they could use it on infrastructure like road improvements, drainage, etc. around the park.
Not legally. FEMA money has to be used either for mitigation to prevent future damage in storms or for repairs to Katrina related damages.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 9:11 am to msu202020
Yeah that's why I said "around the park". From what I've heard (and no I'm not alluding to have "sources" or claim to really know anything about this subject) there is plenty of BP money in a fund that's just begging to be spent toward revitalizing the coast.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 9:13 am to TaxmanMSU
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here is plenty of BP money
Now BP money could be used. I was just implying that FEMA money is pretty much gone and couldn't be used anyways.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 9:18 am to msu202020
Yeah I realized that it was the 2nd tragic event in the last 8 years money that I was thinking of, 
Posted on 5/15/13 at 9:21 am to TaxmanMSU
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Yeah I realized that it was the 2nd tragic event in the last 8 years money that I was thinking of,
Word on the street is that MGM is pitching in as well on the construction cost.Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:27 am to Cdawg
$35 mil is a nice park. That is similar to new Alex Box, South Carolina, etc... and a tad nicer than Trustmark Park...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:31 am to engie
It'd be nice to possibly have a place in MS that could host the SECt if they ever decided to do so. Is that even remotely a possibility?
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:32 am to TaxmanMSU
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It'd be nice to possibly have a place in MS that could host the SECt if they ever decided to do so. Is that even remotely a possibility?
It would need to have a larger capacity. My problem is if you are going to build it that close to the water, might as well build it on the water.
You would have no problem with RV capacity or Hotel Capacity, it just needs to be built large enough.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:41 am to msu202020
The Biloxi Badgers. I can picture it now!
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:42 am to msu202020
Yeah I agree, that would be a very interesting to have something like this
but in a smaller version of course
but in a smaller version of course
Posted on 5/15/13 at 10:43 am to Jma313
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Badgers
Where are the Badgers coming from? :)
How about the Biloxi Sand Crabs. History there.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 5:30 pm to TaxmanMSU
It won't border the water or be in view of the water if they build where they are proposing which is the current employees parking area for the Beau Rivage.
Posted on 5/15/13 at 7:07 pm to Jma313
Biloxi Degenerates
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