you.TakeThisOut@somehost.somedomain (Phil) wrote in message news:<rphpc.51806$z06.7388295@attbi_s01>...
> Wow,
>
> At the Espnanol web site found out we have the financing for a $350
> million baseball park.I laughed.Then cried, and then had thoughts...
>
> Crazy, where they are going to put it?
One suggestion has been to put it in NW Portland near the Broadway Bridge.
> I don't want to be like Seattle's where getting to it is hard and
> expensive parking.
I don't think there will be any cheap parking, since they are probably
counting on using parking money to help pay off the cost.
> I picture using the outfield as a camping site for the homeless. Well,
> we could charge them $5.00 a night I guess.
It would be nice if they could find some ways to use it during the
off-season. Maybe put a big screen on the outfield wall and use it
as a drive-in theater.
> Don't know if this is going to work. It rains a lot here, and we can't
> build a covered stadium for $350 mil. Maybe if we use a giant tarp made
> out of propholene. (misspelled I know)Hey it will work!! But where are
> we going to put it? Below Wilsonville??
No, it has to be somewhere within the Urban Growth Boundary.
> Anyone up for this? Play ball !!
Actually I think MLB had the right idea a few years ago when they wanted
to get rid of a couple of their loser teams like the Expos.
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