1…Who made the decisions?……answer…..The very people that “OWN” the developement around the new stadium are the people that control the executive board of the Gwinnett Convention and visitors buerough…..Selling the Braves a deal they could not refuse, owning the property, and then selling the county board members the “DEAL” on 12 of the 70 acres of land to build the stadium.

2…All the deals were done by the GCVB executive board…..and brought to the county as a package with the stipulation that it had to be done VERY QUICKLY and QUIETLY…..It was a raw deal for Gwinnett and pushed down the commissioners throats without giving a chance to rebut facts.

3…There was a couple of privately owned stadium deals very close to being implimented without any public money at all……These were known about by the GVCB Executive board members, and the Board of commissioners……Why were they not even considered for this deal….it would have saved the county an estimated $100,000,000 over the 30 years…

It is very important for the taxpayers to start asking questions……

1..Who owns the properties and development around the stadium….answer…..the very people that made the decision on where it would go…

2..who is going to pay for this stadium……who is going to reap all the benefits from the county building this stadium….answer….the owners of the land around it, and the braves(that was the tool these people used to get them away from Richmond)

3..The most important question…..Who made these decissions to spend taxpayers money, on a private development, and hand all the revenue sources to the Braves….The executive board of the GCVB….and why did the county commissioners roll over and except this deal without even questioning who was involved, and what it would cost our taxpayers….and what return we would get…..

I also as many would have liked more details before we made the deccision but in the pass the leaders couldnt put in traffic light with out the whole county trying to stop it. Keep up the good work as in any biz. the details will work them self out over time. I belive we can and will hit the attendace needed as it will be family fun at a lower price then going downtown.

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=9910&SectionID=6&SubSectionID=84&S=1

LAWRENCEVILLE – Gwinnett commissioners plan to impose a new tax to pay for the county’s new baseball stadium.

Officials expect to earn $500,000 a year through a 3 percent tax on car rentals. The money will go to paying off the debt for the stadium.

“It takes the burden off the local taxpayers,” Commissioner Bert Nasuti said of the car rental tax, which is also in place in Atlanta to fund improvements made to Philips Arena in the late 1990s. “The reason you do that is so you don’t raise taxes.

“There’s almost no place in the universe that doesn’t have a rental tax,” he added, referring to large cities. “It’s been a part of the finance plan all along.”

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According to Gwinnett Finance Director Lisa Johnsa, the yearly payment on the bonds will be determined by a number of factors, but the county expects a total of $1.7 million in revenues from the stadium.