Baseball in El Paso - City Hall & a New Stadium
I'm excited to hear that we might get a AAA baseball franchise. It raises a lot of questions I'd like asked though.
First, (and not the most important question by any stretch of the imagination) what do we call the new team? Do we call it the Diablos? I think it would be a cool name to keep especially given the fact that the team we are looking at is the affiliate of the Padres. Ok, maybe I'm the only one that thinks its funny. Or do we go for a totally new branding for the new team.
What is the economic impact of a AAA team in El Paso?
But most important to me, since City Council is on an accountability kick lately, is the bill for the energy efficiency upgrades the city went through not too long ago. If I remember right the city paid something like $14.7 million for all city buildings and its supposed to be paid through guaranteed energy savings. The plan was supposed to save $20 million over a 10 year period.
And I think we paid for refurbishing of the elevators too.
So if we tear down city hall...how much money are we out? Will the economic impact of a AAA team in El Paso be greater than the loss on the energy efficiency program?
I hope that gets taken care of so I can focus on more important things...like what we are going to name the team...
First, (and not the most important question by any stretch of the imagination) what do we call the new team? Do we call it the Diablos? I think it would be a cool name to keep especially given the fact that the team we are looking at is the affiliate of the Padres. Ok, maybe I'm the only one that thinks its funny. Or do we go for a totally new branding for the new team.
What is the economic impact of a AAA team in El Paso?
But most important to me, since City Council is on an accountability kick lately, is the bill for the energy efficiency upgrades the city went through not too long ago. If I remember right the city paid something like $14.7 million for all city buildings and its supposed to be paid through guaranteed energy savings. The plan was supposed to save $20 million over a 10 year period.
And I think we paid for refurbishing of the elevators too.
So if we tear down city hall...how much money are we out? Will the economic impact of a AAA team in El Paso be greater than the loss on the energy efficiency program?
I hope that gets taken care of so I can focus on more important things...like what we are going to name the team...
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