Comments on: Franchise Values http://firegardy.com/2009/04/23/franchise-values/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Mon, 07 May 2012 02:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2009/04/23/franchise-values/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 sirsean Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:50:54 +0000 http://firegardy.com/?p=598#comment-2374 <p>That number doesn't include future potential revenue from the new stadium ... but it also must not include ANYTHING about the new stadium, which by itself is worth considerably more than what the Twins are apparently worth.</p> <p>I don't recall if anyone ever brought this up ... but instead of building the Twins a new stadium, wouldn't it have been cheaper to just have the state BUY THE WHOLE TEAM?</p> That number doesn’t include future potential revenue from the new stadium … but it also must not include ANYTHING about the new stadium, which by itself is worth considerably more than what the Twins are apparently worth.

I don’t recall if anyone ever brought this up … but instead of building the Twins a new stadium, wouldn’t it have been cheaper to just have the state BUY THE WHOLE TEAM?

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