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re: $194.7 million gift from the Waltons.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:03 pm to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:03 pm to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
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Benton County > Washington County
This is pretty much the truth. Siloam Springs puts you over the top. Fayetteville has lost lots of points lately with the Leftist shitbirds who have taken over everything.
I don't mind being in the lower-growth end of the metro. frick Bentonville's traffic.
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Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:04 pm to Gtmodawg
Amen. 
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:09 pm to Mithridates6
Yes. He's married to Ann Walton.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:33 pm to Beached Tusky
quote:Bud Walton is/was next in line until COVID hit. It's going to be a massive renovation. Yurachek talked about it on the alumni association zoom meeting. Wider concourse. Improved everything. The only thing I can see people bitching about is the reduction of some of the upper deck seats by replacing them with suites. If they don't like losing the cheap seats then they need to start buying season ticket packages up there and make the demand so high that the money to replace them doesn't make sense.
In the meantime the Hunt family is playing chess not checkers and betting on baseball - LINK /
I also heard a pretty big donation might be coming for our soccer program to build a new locker room and improved concession area. They just got a new locker room not too long ago so I will say that this might be very unlikely especially with the COVID mess.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:28 pm to hilltophog
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Bud Walton is/was next in line until COVID hit. It's going to be a massive renovation. Yurachek talked about it on the alumni association zoom meeting. Wider concourse. Improved everything. The only thing I can see people bitching about is the reduction of some of the upper deck seats by replacing them with suites. If they don't like losing the cheap seats then they need to start buying season ticket packages up there and make the demand so high that the money to replace them doesn't make sense.
Also, the Randal Tyson Indoor Track Center is under a major renovation. It is already one of only two IAFF Class 1 indoor facilities in the US, and the only one on a college campus.
John McDonnell Field is also in the midst of a $15M improvement project.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:37 pm to HogX
Nah, that's corporatism.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:41 pm to RollTide4Ever
Minimum wage at Walmart is $11/hr. That's higher than the minimum wage in every SEC state.
Plus, most people don't make the minimum for very long.
The stuff about employees being on welfare and food stamps is mostly nonsense. There are better corporate citizens out there than Walmart, no doubt. They're the closest thing to a counter-weight to Amazon as there is right now.
Anyhoo, their philanthropy is the tits, at least locally.
Plus, most people don't make the minimum for very long.
The stuff about employees being on welfare and food stamps is mostly nonsense. There are better corporate citizens out there than Walmart, no doubt. They're the closest thing to a counter-weight to Amazon as there is right now.
Anyhoo, their philanthropy is the tits, at least locally.
This post was edited on 7/14/20 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:43 pm to Numberwang
Maybe we need to research why are football team is bad 
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:45 pm to PeeJayScammedGT
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Isn't there a Bud Walton Arena at Arky?
Well, yeah. It was built 26 years ago. Waltons don't fund athletics anymore. It isn't their thing. They're fancier than that. It's all art, academics and mountain biking.
A lot of it is targeted to help their company, too. The quality of life things (cycling, arts, etc) have the bonus element of helping them attract and retain top talent in Bentonville. They've built a really cool little town up there so far.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:48 pm to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
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Benton County > Washington County
Harry Rex will attest.
NWA people turning on themselves...
Rest of state: Good......Good.... let the hate flow within you!
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:57 pm to Numberwang
Correct me wrong but isn't Wal Mart one of the many big companies that support minimum wage hike? Economists like Thomas Sowell have said mw is a terrible policy that prices out the unskilled from the labor market.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 3:58 pm to Numberwang
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The stuff about employees being on welfare and food stamps is mostly nonsense. There are better corporate citizens out there than Walmart, no doubt. They're the closest thing to a counter-weight to Amazon as there is right now.
Yep and Bezos is a flaming liberal to top it off
Posted on 7/14/20 at 4:02 pm to Numberwang
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They attached strings. They want some kind of campus center in Bentonville. Prepare for UA-Bentonville. In 100 years, Fayetteville will be the satellite campus.
Looks to be a small part:
The Waltons also donated $50M to the business school in 1998, thus the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 4:06 pm to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
Correct
Posted on 7/14/20 at 4:09 pm to tkeefer
That's not much for a new build but the Walton's like to be "sustainable" and renovate existing buildings so they could stretch that 14m
Just talking about Bentonville sites that could be chosen
Just talking about Bentonville sites that could be chosen
This post was edited on 7/14/20 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 7/14/20 at 4:27 pm to Numberwang
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Waltons fund all types of charter-school
Yes, because they want to destroy public education.
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We really should fight over the golden shopping cart.
That would be better than this.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 5:29 pm to Numberwang
Posted on 7/14/20 at 5:32 pm to Numberwang
You don't become as successful as Walmart has by wasting money on a lost cause like Arkansas football where you will get no return on your investment. Smart move.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 5:35 pm to Ronaldo Burgundiaz
This argument needs to die. Many of the associates in the stores make $12-14 an hour. The distribution centers make up to $19 an hour. Over $20 on weekend shift.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 5:57 pm to ImayGoLesMiles
Some schools don't measure their success by one sport having one good year.
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