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Bennyboy

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5. Economic engine...

Reply to KG (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 03:17 PM

Apr 2012

Jobs in building the stadium, jobs at the stadium. People throwing money at restaurants, bars, etc on the way to and fro the stadium. I got to Pac bell park all the time and remember when it was NOTHING. the center of SF's homeless population. There was an RV park right there that you wouldn't leave cuz the surrounding area was so dangerous. Now there are high rises, thousands of condos, restaurants a plenty and new development that is huge etc. That area China basin, is boom town thanks to the ballpark.... Same goes with the Rose garden in Portland.

Especially this one at the site of this project. It would invigorate a downtown area that is in dire need of that...

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indeed. nt xchrom Apr 2012 #2

Economic engine... Bennyboy Apr 2012 #5

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As a Sacramentan, that article is so slanted Bennyboy Apr 2012 #3

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Been here in Sac since 1955.. Third generation. Bennyboy Apr 2012 #19

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apparently DonCoquixote Apr 2012 #18

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