Реферат: Minor League Baseball- Boom Or Bust To

A nonprofit organization was formed, and a plan was immediately developed to build the

stadium. The cost for the stadium would be 3.75 million paid by the county, and an

additional 1.75 million would be financed by the private sector. ?It was supposed to be

the world?s greatest public-private partnership, now, everybody wants the county to pull

their chestnuts out of the fire,? Dutchess County legislator Woody Klose said. Although

the team has been a rousing success and routinely sells out the 4,000 seat stadium, the

group constantly finds themselves in financial debt. Many people in the area blame it on

time. The time factor was the biggest limitation. The big push to get the the stadium built

as quickly as possible forced an overrun of nearly two million dollars. ?In the time most

people built a house, we built a stadium,? said David Avenius, an assistant to the Dutchess

County Executive. Klose said that it is extremely important to get the stadium financing

up front. He still has a recommendation for other communities that want to lure a minor

league baseball team. ?Go into therapy,? Klose said. ?Deep, deep therapy?(Slavin B1).

Some communities that have had financial success, have suffered the loss

of their team because of franchises relocating. Corporations abandon communities where

they have been located for many years, leaving those communities and their residents with

a weakened economy and social structure and without any compensation or resources to

assist recovery. Unfortunately, relocation has played a part in minor league communities

leaving cities with an abandoned stadium. Local officials often cannot respond positively

to an team owner?s demands because of the limited resources available in smaller

communities. This demonstrates the importance of stadiums in city-team negotiations,

and they show how the business interests of team owners and local officials often conflict.

Location decisions of owners tend to be business decisions that are designed to

maximize their financial interests. Joe Buzas, owner of the former Fresno Suns, chose not

to remain in Fresno because of competition from the university for the fans and advertising

dollars. The Fresno Suns had been playing in a run down stadium that received minimum

financial support form the city. Fresno State University agreed to let the Fresno Suns play

at their modern facility. However, the university wanted half of the ticket revenue and all

of the concession revenue the Suns would receive. In 1988, after receiving permission