http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/ Hitting on Buffalo sports teams, sports travel, and being an active part of the sports media Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/#comment-2188 wcperspective Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:01:48 +0000 http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/#comment-2188 Certainly is unique and unique typically means expensive. Any polling on the chances of getting it passed??? As sports-crazy as WNY is, I wonder how stadium funding would fare in Erie County. Certainly is unique and unique typically means expensive. Any polling on the chances of getting it passed??? As sports-crazy as WNY is, I wonder how stadium funding would fare in Erie County.

]]> http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/#comment-2165 Jason Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:55:28 +0000 http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/#comment-2165 There is plenty of reason to believe major retailers will make the Trop site their home. Pinellas is the most densly populated county in Florida and has pathetic retail offerings, largely because there is no available land. With amazing transportation access at the center of the market, the Trop would solve that problem in one shot. As for residential, rental product is going up all around the Trop, and in 4 years when the project would open we'll be well into the next cycle. There is plenty of reason to believe major retailers will make the Trop site their home. Pinellas is the most densly populated county in Florida and has pathetic retail offerings, largely because there is no available land. With amazing transportation access at the center of the market, the Trop would solve that problem in one shot. As for residential, rental product is going up all around the Trop, and in 4 years when the project would open we’ll be well into the next cycle.

]]> http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/#comment-2150 baseball » Wooing voters in St. Petersburg Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:00:26 +0000 http://thesportsroadtrip.wnymedia.net/blogs/2008/01/27/wooing-voters-in-st-petersburg/#comment-2150 [...] Andrew Kulyk wrote a fantastic post today on “Wooing voters in St. Petersburg”Here’s ONLY a quick extractIf the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are ever going to advance their plans for a new downtown ballpark, they will have to get the voters of St. Petersburg to go along. A big part of the financing plans hinges on the sale of the property where … [...] […] Andrew Kulyk wrote a fantastic post today on “Wooing voters in St. Petersburg”Here’s ONLY a quick extractIf the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are ever going to advance their plans for a new downtown ballpark, they will have to get the voters of St. Petersburg to go along. A big part of the financing plans hinges on the sale of the property where … […]

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