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Friday, February 10, 2012
Johnson: city still sees Cal Expo as "option" for Kings
by Kathleen Haley, published on May 19, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Storyline: Arena / City / Kings
The city continues to view Cal Expo as an option for a new arena for the Sacramento Kings even though the governor said last week that the state may sell the property.
Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday that the city wants to ensure "that we are in a position to make sure we're continuing to go forward with the arena."
Cal Expo is "one option" for the city, he said.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said last week the state could address its deficit by selling Cal Expo and other state-owned properties.
Johnson said it was likely that he and other city staffers will meet with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the next couple of weeks.
The city faces a $50 million deficit. The state is grappling with a deficit of a minimum of $15.4 billion.
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Also...Raging Waters would be torn out...for me that would be a deal breaker.... I love taking my kids to Raging Waters much more than I would enjoy any basketball game...you got to love those water slides!
It was reported last month that the A's have a 25% chance or locating here, with those odds it really means that Sac is number 3 or 4 on a list below other cities the A's would rather relocate to first before here. Were going to be used as a carrot-on-a-stick so that the A's owners get what they want somewhere else.... the city was used by the Raiders this way 20 years ago.
Don't get your hopes up Jim and be thankful for what we have.
I cant believe that a coke is $5 .50, $3.75 for a small water, a beer is $7-9 bucks, a small bag of peanuts $5.50, $7 bucks for a hot dog..and on and on.
Also I had average seats, they cost me 22.50 apiece. Yeah I know, i could have sat on the grass...I actually like to watch the game...and you cant really from the grass...
by the time your done, if you take the kids, the average family would have to work for nearly two days to pay for a trip to the game. NO THANKS... Who can afford these prices other than a public employee?
I will never go to another River Cats game..It's just another gimmick to fleece me out of hard earned cash.
Sacramento won't be getting a MLB anytime soon, the city doe's not have the corporate sponsors to support a team or enough money to actually lure one here. There are several other cities in the US that have cash incentive for a team to relocate there, Sacramento doe's not.
Single Ticket Prices
Giants: http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/seating_pricing.jsp
A's: http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/ticketing/singlegame.jsp?c_id=oak (At bottom of page)
River Cats: http://www.rivercats.com/tickets/singletickets/
Getting concession pricing has been a little difficult
The stadium sizes and number of games in the regular season and post season are very different.
Perhaps most importantly, the TV revenue structures are very different especially how that revenue is split and shared by franchises, leagues and networks.
This is a very complex topic.
Keep in mind this is a 3-4 hour game in sweltering heat...requiring lots of fluids... and you cant bring anything in with you because they check your back packs... I know I tried...they made me throw away Gatorade I brought.
Lets add this up: $90 bucks to walk in, $28 for 4 beers (2 for each adult), cotton candy for 2 kids $10 bucks, 4 hot dogs 28 bucks, 2 cokes for kids $10, 4 waters $15
hmm and how much did this game cost me $181 dollars!
In "City predicts $30 million deficit for 2010/2011," you mentioned that the city felt the budget adequately addresses the $50 million deficit--is selling Cal Expo + state properties actually written into the proposed budget or is it being explored as a possibility?