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Originally Posted by STLtoSA
If you want extortion or rather unnecessary spending, look not farther than the Atlanta Braves quest and success to landing a new stadium (Turner field is even newer than the Ballpark at Arlington). The Braves cited that the most of their fans live on the North Side of Atlanta and in-turn need the Ballpark to be located there. If that was a valid argument, half of the teams in Baseball with downtown stadiums could justify a move to the suburbs.
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Indeed. That had more to do with a race/neighbourhood thing though. Wealthy white suburbanites not liking having to the visit Summerhill to catch a game.
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Last edited by rapid_business; Jul 15, 2016 at 5:19 PM.
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