Sacramento Is Fresh Victim of Bad Stadium Deals

[Bennyboy]

3. As a Sacramentan, that article is so slanted

that it is not funny.

The Mayor screwed this up, KEVIN JOHNSON. He was the one who grandstanded the whole thing when he knew there were still major issues remaining to be resolved. And thanks to that, The Maloofs, had to do something publicly, becsue Johnson's heavy handedness left them no alternative.....

And there is no doubt that an arena at the railyards would be a boon to the downtown area. Go to Pac bell park and see how that turned out for SF. OR the Rose garden in Portland.

Some things I don't get however.

Selling off the parking? If it is that profitable, why not keep it for the city? Bringing in a third party to operate jsut adds a layer of profit that would go to the city. And bringing in AEG? Again another layer of profit.

I get that they are going to use the money from them to help fund the stadium, but that too me seems short sighted.

But for now, Kevin Johnson needs to go. That right now is the only way the arena deal will go through. The Maloofs don't like to be played and he played them.