Comments on: SUPER ANALYSIS

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:25:50 +0000

panem et circenses.

By: Jon G

Jon G — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:52:27 +0000

Or, you send your children to private schools because you decide to live in a part of the city that is not a cookie cutter edition in a cornfield where you can experience social, economical and cultural diversity. Anyway, the Super Bowl is one week. I don’t think the substitution effect will affect to many people in one week. The bulk of the money spent will come outsiders, the people in Carmel and Greenwood and Plainfield will spend as always.

By: SOS

SOS — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:42:53 +0000

Jon G “After all, when you vacation you don’t visit a city because it has the best schools in the country do you?”

No, but you do move to a place to establish your business, career and life if the city has the best schools in the country.

And Indy Server, there is this little thing called the substitution effect. Check how other parts of the city are faring during these so-called big events and see how working people outside of downtown are impacted negatively by this subsitution effect.

By: Jon G

Jon G — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:37:49 +0000

GG Liddy, you said that Houston only made $900,000. Well isn’t $900,000 well, $900,000? What’s wrong with that? Lets face it, cities aren’t just crime rates and school systems and tax problems. It takes a lot to be a quality city and the Super Bowl is part of being a well rounded city. After all, when you vacation you don’t visit a city because it has the best schools in the country do you? And I’m not down playing those aspects mentioned above but we must include entertainment as an important factor in or lives.

By: Really

Really — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:52:01 +0000

Once again, nice try Abbie but you missed a crucial if not the most important point. The city (including Ballard, Dems and Repubs) as well as the State (specifically, Your Man Mitch), are breathing as huge sigh of relief for getting the Superbowel. Why? First, the RCA is not paid off somewhere in the tune of $70million and alot. Additionally, the new Lucas Field and new convention center is almost entirely funded by…..sales tax, hotel tax and rental car tax somewhere in the tune of $1 billion dollars which is roughly the cost of the field and convention center. With this mighty windfall of Superbowel tax money that is coming to town, pray for warm hot February weather. But here is the best part. As we all know, the OPERATING costs of the new Lucas Field were not part of the $1 billion dollars. In fact, there are no operating budget that is funded, yet (at least to my very limited knowledge). AHHHH next stop, more taxes to operate Lucas Field. Scheduled stop, July 08. Now we have justification (a Superbowel) to build the Lucas because Tech High School is getting a new football field to assist them in the 35% graduation rate.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:20:33 +0000

Some folks will never be happy. How can landing the Super Bowl be bad ? Ballard has done more in 5 months than the last guy the whole time he was in office.

By: Shortstop

Shortstop — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:07:15 +0000

THE FORMULA FOR FAILURE:

Perceived stupidity, conflicts of interest, bias, racism, and crookedness.

SPRINKLE IN A LITTLE OF:

-Bob Grand/CIB, Scott Newman/DNA lab & public safety, Olgin Williams/Mayor of Haugheville?, Sherron Franklin to fix abandon housing problem without real estate or legal experience, Greg Wilson to piss the blacks and women off, a littel China Town, $1.5 million to the arts instead of chuckholes, IPS students only and hmmmm….National searches for ‘the best person for the job; just to piss everybody else off that’s not already pissed off.

ADD TO THAT:

A community of leaders who ‘did not’ and ‘do not’ want Mayor Ballard as their Mayor and who keep him busy with glitzy social activities and endeavors while they, fastly, ruin the administration and all public relations that exists for the ‘Ballard Administration’.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

SABOTAGE BY BAD ADVISE IN EXECUTION!!!!!!!!!

Wake Up Mayor Ballard, take control of your administration.

P.S. I hope we are not paying for this bad advice out of our budget, that’s too much to swallow.

By: RD

RD — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:31:47 +0000

A larger number of people attend racing events at IMS than will attend the Super Bowl, so what’s all the hype about? Indianapolis has plenty of experience with large events.

By: Taxpayer 834512

Taxpayer 834512 — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:14:15 +0000

The somewhat symbolic and nebulous benefits to a community from professional sports and the arts are enjoyed by many. But, when you have real problems with crime, child welfare, graduation rates, education funding, forclosures, debt, energy inflation, taxation, jail housing, and street repair (among others)-when do we ever say, “No”? The question is, “Is there enough benefit relative to the cost?”, keeping in mind that no level, section, subcommittee, group, district, or board in any government seems to perceive that everybody else wants more money also - all at once. A tax abatement or TIFF is just revenue that other taxpayers get to provide - because we couldn’t say, “No”. If times get tougher, it’s hard to make food and police cars out of football stadiums and arts festivals.

By: Indy Server

Indy Server — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:51:57 +0000

As a server at a downtown restaurant I will tell you this is great. I know during the Final 4 servers downtown make $1200 plus on just Fri-Sun. Now, imagine what service industry people will make in the course of 2 weeks during the worlds biggest sporting event. Anyone who claims this is not beneficial to the people of Indianapolis is not in touch w/ the actual working class individuals. Ask the single mother of 3 that waits tables downtown if she is glad we got the Super Bowl. You bet, she will make at least 2 months worth of money in 2 weeks, and that is a fact.