spokchewy t1_jdca92j wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:27 AM

Reply to comment by imuniqueaf in Pawtucket hits brakes on public borrowing for soccer stadium amid financial headwinds by Rogue-Island-Pirate

No one wants it, except for the 3000+ folks who have put down season ticket deposits.

Antonio_Bologna t1_jdcbfly wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:39 AM

They can pay for the stadium then.

imuniqueaf t1_jdcky4k wrote on March 23, 2023 at 1:04 PM

The deposit was $24 per seat. Let's see how people actually pay for the whole season.

spokchewy t1_jdcsmif wrote on March 23, 2023 at 2:01 PM

For 2023, more people than ever paid for the whole season just a few miles north in Foxboro, where attendance is over 20k / game.

Another aspect of USL is that you will have dozens if not hundreds of traveling supporters coming to Pawtucket for these games.

Yeah, soccer tourism is a thing, even in the USL.

https://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/652221-strong-supporters-groups-rising-alongside-usl

majoroutage t1_jdd79z1 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Then they should have no problem raising the funds privately!

Maybe consider doing a Kickstarter?

I also can't wait to see all the tourists that are supposed to come in on the train to take a bus ~~to downtown~~ past downtown to this new stadium.

(For the record I'm fine with the train station. But the tourism justification was stupid. The reality is it's a commuter station. Which is okay. We needed it.)

spokchewy t1_jddh9er wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:42 PM

It’s stupid to attract tourism to Pawtucket? Ok.

I travel all over the US for Revs games and we often see hundreds of out of town supporters for Revs games.

If you don’t think the RI vs Hartford rivalry will be interesting, that’s ok.

majoroutage t1_jddhmam wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:44 PM

No, I said using that as a driving factor to build a train station in a location that's not exactly convenient for such a purpose was stupid.

And again, if there is so much money to be made from stadium operations then there should be plenty of opportunities for private funding. When so much of it is to be left on taxpayers that's generally a sign the real risk is higher than what they're trying to sell you. Tax money is not a VC fund.

And AGAIN, WHY WAS THERE NOT A VOTE?