Phoenix Area Stadium and Arena News
Starting this cause it's taking over the main Phoenix thread.
There will be more news coming out until the council votes January 23rd, so post it here please. |
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Thank You!!! RO2 development plans got lost in the weeds.
With pending Coyotes news, Chase Field updates, and pending PHX Rising MLS decision, how about a main thread for all Phoenix Metro Area Arena Updates/News?? |
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Last rant for today on the subject (possibly)! Reinforcing my dislike for Robert's reporting... She is the one whom 'broke' the story that Sarver threatened the Phoenix City Council last night.
Roberts stated specifically in her article that Robert Sarver told an unnamed Council member that he would move the team to Seattle or Las Vegas. Come to find out AZCentral has revised her article an hour ago (quietly of course): "UPDATE: The council member on Thursday clarified the above quote, saying that Sarver didn't mention Seattle or Las Vegas by name during their conversation but that he did make it clear the team wants to leave if the deal is not approved." I hate to defend Sarver here... but it appears he never mentioned Seattle or Las Vegas. He also did not say the team would 'absolutely go' if they didn't get a renovated arena. Simply that the Suns would explore all options including leaving (which was already known information, obviously). And to top it all off, AZCentral removed all of the Suns reporting from their homepage when this news broke a hour ago instead of reporting the mistake. Hit job. I wish I could say I was surprised! :shrug: |
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LOL at the sarver video. The NBA and team board must have lost their shit at the rumor mill flying around yesterday.
Also old lady roasts city council about Sarver being a cheap bitch: https://streamable.com/lzf3j |
the Sarver statements are pretty troubling. sounds like walking back to me. man, i really wish i cared about the Suns and their plight...but it's just really hard to care about anything Sarver is involved with. he's been out of his depth for a long time. it's never any one person's fault but he is the common denominator in the Suns ever-increasing performance issues and the apathy within the community. far cry from '06 let alone the glory days of '88 to '95ish. sad.
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Laurie Roberts isn't a reporter. She's a cranky columnist. I often agree with her, especially on educational issues, but she doesn't know how and when to take a break from outrage. When you're mad about everything all the time, it's hard to be taken seriously when anger is genuinely the appropriate response. No doubt there are aspects of the arena deal that need to be re-examined, but I suspect Roberts would find a way to be opposed no matter how it is restructured.
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A couple things I'm curious about:
1. What is the Suns current lease like at Talking Stick? I'm assuming, since I heard the Suns have paid for maintenance and minor updates, and since the Suns run the booking for other events (again, this is what I've heard), I think they basically get free or a reduced/below market rent. 2. If the Suns get a big break on rent, then it seems as though they should foot the bill for a majority or all of the renovations that are being talked about, and then again have free/reduced rent. Someone mentioned that as an owner of a building (The City owns Talking Stick in this case) or a house, it's the owner/landlord that is responsible for repairs/maintenance/updates. I agree with this, unless, there is some kind of free or major break on the rent payment and as part of the lease the tenant pays. 3. I have also heard that the money coming from the City is already ear-marked money for sports and arena type related uses, by way of hotel and rental car tax dollars. I'm totally fine with this "public" money going to pay for it's intended purpose (updating the arena). People are making it seem like normal people are going to have their taxes raised to pay for it, or money should go to education instead (maybe it should, but that's not the intended use for this earmarked money, so a lot of things would have to fundamentally change). 4. I'm OK with the City and Suns current deal to each pay for some (I don't know the details, ie my #1 above, so I'm not sure about the best percentage of each). 5. Sarver Sucks. 6. I'm a long-time Suns fan since the late 80s. As a kid I can remember listening to Al McCoy on the radio for games and my first trip to see them play was at Veterans Memorial. KJ is probably my all-time favorite Sun, Shawn Marion (my screenname), Mark West, Eddie Johnson, obviously Nash, are some others. I hate to see them in this state that Sarver has brought them to, but I'd hate to see them ever leave (that's not going to happen). |
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Also, if there's any way they can make the acoustics better, I'm all for it. I've seen several concerts there (Rush, three times in 2011, 2012 and 2015) and the sound quality was awful. Not sure if that's just something that happens in all arenas or if it's something specifically wrong with America West Arena? |
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Only if Sarver would get off his high-horse and work a deal with the City AND the Coyotes. The taxpayers would more likely be onboard with this and could probably even get more funds to finance an even larger renovation as I'm sure the Coyotes would be willing to add some dollars. One hundred mill from each would really be a stellar renovation of Talking Stick.
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