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[SouthSideRyan]

And 5M in total. After their mayor got ousted for giving satan a handout for the stadium.

 

I hope Loria lives long enough to go to jail for what was surely an illegal shakedown to build this eyesore. That or he dies like 3 minutes from now. Either one would work really.

[imb]

Didn't think this deserved its own thread, but it seems that getting fans into the new Marlins' ballpark will be as much a logistical issue as it is a marketing issue. Team officials have repeatedly suggested that fans "use public transit" to get to the park, however no one ever bothered to note that there are no public transit stations within a mile of the facility.

The county is scrambling to find funds amounting to $234,000 (i.e. ~0.1% of the money the Marlins have committed to FA signings thus far this offseason) for a shuttle system to bridge the gap. The Marlins, as is their wont, have refused to assist in financing the project.

Link

 

jesus christ

[El Duderino]

wasn't getting to the park the big problem with joe robbie? nice to see they're learning

[Pushfrog98]

It's [expletive] like this.

[XZero771679666304]

Someone needs to kick Jeffrey Loria's ass.

[davearm2]

$200K to make it easier for millions of fans to access our product?

 

Nah, we're good.

 

And WTF to this not being considered and solved way before now.

[Guest]

$200K to make it easier for millions of fans to access our product?

 

Nah, we're good.

 

And WTF to this not being considered and solved way before now.

 

I'm not quite sure how $200K gets the job done. 81 games. How many trips back and forth would this transit system need to do for every game? Well, with their attendance history, not many, but......

[17 Seconds]

did they also forget that people in miami don't give a [expletive] about baseball

[Derwood]

did they also forget that people in miami don't give a [expletive] about baseball

 

Sure they do.....it's just that they're all transplanted Yankees and Red Sox fans.

[Guest]

Didn't think this deserved its own thread, but it seems that getting fans into the new Marlins' ballpark will be as much a logistical issue as it is a marketing issue. Team officials have repeatedly suggested that fans "use public transit" to get to the park, however no one ever bothered to note that there are no public transit stations within a mile of the facility.

The county is scrambling to find funds amounting to $234,000 (i.e. ~0.1% of the money the Marlins have committed to FA signings thus far this offseason) for a shuttle system to bridge the gap. The Marlins, as is their wont, have refused to assist in financing the project.

Link

 

jesus christ

I mentioned this two years ago when they were tearing down the orange bowl.

 

Miami is a banana republic.

[Rob]

I seem to recall seeing that the Marlins TV ratings were actually quite healthy... people just didn't want to go to the stadium. I imagine there were more than a few causes for that.

[J.R.]

http://stadiumpage.com/marlinscon/Marlins_interior_HRstructure_3.jpg

[Sammy Sofa]

Yesssssssssss.

[OleMissCub]

What is that?

[Sammy Sofa]

Their home run celebration.

[javy knows my name]

Yesssssssssss.

[TruffleShuffle]

is that going to be the tackiest thing ever in a baseball stadium?

[Pushfrog98]

is that going to be the tackiest thing ever in a baseball stadium?

Runner up to their uniforms.

[SouthSideRyan]

I hope it collapses on Loria the next time he walks by it

[javy knows my name]

I'm not even sure Jeff Loria's death would be worth not seeing that thing in action next year. I'm giddy.

[erik316wttn]

is that going to be the tackiest thing ever in a baseball stadium?

 

Only slightly worse than the old Home Run Apple at Shea.

[imb]

is that going to be the tackiest thing ever in a baseball stadium?

 

Only slightly worse than the old Home Run Apple at Shea.

 

http://i.imgur.com/tswIO.jpg

 

You serious, Clark?

[TruffleShuffle]

yeah the apple was just a boring apple that popped up with the words "home run" beneath it. the marlins' thing has multiple animals flying/jumping around plus enough blinking lights to trigger an epileptic episode.

 

let's compare:

 

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.282288!/img/httpImage/image.jpg

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/739480/marlins.gif

[OleMissCub]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/739480/marlins.gif

 

holy [expletive] christ

 

it's like they are doing this ironically

[UMFan83]

Im surprised you are just now finding out about this. We've been ripping on this for several months now.

 

If it comes down to us and Miami for Cespedes, we need to show him and his agent that animated rendering in order to seal the deal.