[kq76]

I think it looks cool (and it fits right in with Vegas copying other iconic structures from around the world), but I don't buy for a second that that is what the final product would look like.

1) I'm pretty sure their plans wouldn't fit on 9 acres. Target Field is said to have the smallest MLB stadium footprint and it's pretty crammed in at 8.5 acres. The As say they have plans for "2,500 parking spots on location, with a 3-acre plaza leading up to the stadium". And you still plan on it looking like that second image?

2) The estimate is it will cost 1.5B (which is of course low), but only 380M is being paid by Nevada taxpayers. Who's paying for the rest? We all know Fisher isn't going to pay for anything more than the bare necessities. Fisher wouldn't pay for the "18,000 square foot Jumbotron, making it the BIGGEST Jumbotron in the entire MLB", not alone the rest of it, including " the world's LARGEST cable-net glass windows showing the view of the Las Vegas Strip".

3) Their business plan to Vegas included them selling out every home game, but when it was pointed out that even with selling out every home game that they still wouldn't get to their 2.5M, then the stadium gained 3000 more seats. They can't even be bothered to do some basic math and we're supposed to believe they can pull this off? I'm supremely confident they couldn't sell out even the original 30K. There's no way the As can put together a good team overnight and there's also certainly no way Fisher's going to all of a sudden spend money like the Rangers did recently. You might come close to selling out in the first year given the novelty, but that wears off fast if you're not winning.

I don't know what they're up to, but I don't buy it. Who exactly is buying what he's selling and willing to pony up the rest of the cash?