Comments on: Atlanta Business Chronicle on the Gwinnett Stadium http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2009/01/atlanta-business-chronicle-on-the-gwinnett-stadium/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: robert http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2009/01/atlanta-business-chronicle-on-the-gwinnett-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-105777 robert Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:25:25 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/?p=1325#comment-105777 but ours go to 11...... but ours go to 11……

]]> By: Victor http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2009/01/atlanta-business-chronicle-on-the-gwinnett-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-105774 Victor Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:01:08 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/?p=1325#comment-105774 Oh man that guy almost sounds like a BBWAA member.  The intangibles from the quality of life increase makes up for the statistical cost of the project!  What good is money if it doesn't have IMPACT.  Quality of life and pride are IMPACT. I've never fathomed how anyone could could make the connection that building a stadium was a net gain for the community.  You're paying a crapton of money to barely create any jobs.  Money that could be used to actually improve the community instead of just funding someone else's asset. Oh man that guy almost sounds like a BBWAA member.  The intangibles from the quality of life increase makes up for the statistical cost of the project!  What good is money if it doesn’t have IMPACT.  Quality of life and pride are IMPACT.

I’ve never fathomed how anyone could could make the connection that building a stadium was a net gain for the community.  You’re paying a crapton of money to barely create any jobs.  Money that could be used to actually improve the community instead of just funding someone else’s asset.

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