New arena info

[GGGG]

they are investing $10 billion, creating up to 13,000 jobs at average annual salary of $55k plus bennies.  with those kinds of jobs, they might even buy MU tix, eyn'er?

Hopefully.

Again, it's just an example of how one type of welfare is considered a good investment, but the other is considered an expense.

[jsglow]

Here we go.  I make a simple statement that a new corporate giant is coming to town and might be a great candidate for the naming rights and THAT simply can't be celebrated.

Perhaps the mods should re-establish the politics board so you guys have a place to voice your opinions.  Heck, it's now 'allowed' to permeate a decent percentage of the Superbar threads anyway.

[jsglow]

I took a tour of the arena last week.  It feels much smaller than the BC and that's with just standing on a concrete floor and no seats in place.   The top row of the new arena is 30 feet below the top of the BC.  Every seats feel like it's on top of the action.  Honestly it was better than I expected and the Panorama Club (open to all ticket holders each game) will be very, very cool.

Very cool.  Did you have special connections or something?

[4everwarriors]

Nah, Lens is actually Fr. Wild, hey?

[GGGG]

Here we go.  I make a simple statement that a new corporate giant is coming to town and might be a great candidate for the naming rights and THAT simply can't be celebrated.

Perhaps the mods should re-establish the politics board so you guys have a place to voice your opinions.  Heck, it's now 'allowed' to permeate a decent percentage of the Superbar threads anyway.

Calm down Cowboy.

[warriorchick]

Hopefully.

Again, it's just an example of how one type of welfare is considered a good investment, but the other is considered an expense.

Hmmm, one kind of welfare creates thousands and thousands of tax-paying jobs and the other traps people in poverty....

[GGGG]

Hmmm, one kind of welfare creates thousands and thousands of tax-paying jobs and the other traps people in poverty....

Or gives people a chance for a better life.  Really not as simple minded as you portray it.

BTW, comforted glow yet?  He seems a little unsettled.

[Golden Avalanche]

Here we go.  I make a simple statement that a new corporate giant is coming to town and might be a great candidate for the naming rights and THAT simply can't be celebrated.

Perhaps the mods should re-establish the politics board so you guys have a place to voice your opinions.  Heck, it's now 'allowed' to permeate a decent percentage of the Superbar threads anyway.

Holy $hit do you jump off the cliff quickly. Perhaps you and your friend should spend, say, just one day off Scoop and be a shoulder for each to cry on.

You revived a four month dead thread with intent. Then played the victim. That's immature and pathetic.

[warriorchick]

Or gives people a chance for a better life.  Really not as simple minded as you portray it.

BTW, comforted glow yet?  He seems a little unsettled.

Let's look at both types of welfare recipients ten years from now and see which was a better use of government money.

And no need to worry about glow.

[GGGG]

Let's look at both types of welfare recipients ten years from now and see which was a better use of government money.

1.  I never said one was better than the other, but...

2.  Define your parameters. How will you determine which one was a better investment?

[brewcity77]

Foxconn Center.  Book it baby.

Silk Exotic Entertainment Center or bust. Halftime shows will be...

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Silk Exotic Entertainment Center or bust. Halftime shows will be...

Anyone remember when Ashley Madison was the leading bid for naming rights for the new Giants stadium?

[Dr. Blackheart]

Silk Exotic Entertainment Center or busts. Halftime shows will be...

FIFY

[jsglow]

Silk Exotic Entertainment Center or bust. Halftime shows will be...

Yeees!

[Benny B]

2.  Define your parameters. How will you determine which one was a better investment?

Easy.  If we're talking just about welfare (i.e. food stamps and the like), number of people employed would be a wonderful metric.

If you're talking about including all social welfare programs (e.g. disability, social security, medicare/medicaid, ACA subsidies, etc.).. apples and giraffes, so good luck with that.

[jficke13]

If they do go with the Foxconn Center, there will be some solid potential for nicknames... Foxhole anyone?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

If they do go with the Foxconn Center, there will be some solid potential for nicknames... Foxhole anyone?

Foxconnsin?

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

From what I read about Foxxcon,see if it happens first.  If they break ground then you can call it a Done Deal.  Apparently this is not the first time they've announced new plants in the USA or elsewhere.  Pennsylvania is still waiting on the promised plant from 4 years or so ago.  Indonesia is still waiting on any action at all on the promised and announced $1b plant about 2 years ago.   

[The Lens]

From what I read about Foxxcon,see if it happens first.  If they break ground then you can call it a Done Deal.  Apparently this is not the first time they've announced new plants in the USA or elsewhere.  Pennsylvania is still waiting on the promised plant from 4 years or so ago.  Indonesia is still waiting on any action at all on the promised and announced $1b plant about 2 years ago.

My sense:

Wisconsin thinks the negotiations are over
Foxconn thinks they have yet to begin

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

My sense:

Wisconsin thinks the negotiations are over
Foxconn thinks they have yet to begin

Foxconn's history of broken promises casts a shadow on Wisconsin news

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/foxconns-history-of-broken-promises-casts-a-shadow-on-wisconsin-news-2017-07-27

[jficke13]

From what I read about Foxxcon,see if it happens first.  If they break ground then you can call it a Done Deal.  Apparently this is not the first time they've announced new plants in the USA or elsewhere.  Pennsylvania is still waiting on the promised plant from 4 years or so ago.  Indonesia is still waiting on any action at all on the promised and announced $1b plant about 2 years ago.

Yeah I'm pretty solidly in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp.

[brewcity77]

Foxconn's history of broken promises casts a shadow on Wisconsin news

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/foxconns-history-of-broken-promises-casts-a-shadow-on-wisconsin-news-2017-07-27

So light on Fox, heavy on Con?

[rocket surgeon]

  good thing it wasn't announced from the rose garden with bob and jani enn'a enn'a?

[The Equalizer]

Another stupid decision made by DePaul in this sh!tstorm of a project.

The best part of this article could be the photo of the student section.  This is better than what I saw at the Marquette game:

At first, I thought this was a typo:
"Following a mid-February win over Providence, members of DePaul's men's basketball team stormed the student section at Allstate Arena"

Now that I see what the student section looks like, it makes more sense that the team would storm the student section.

[Benny B]

At first, I thought this was a typo:
"Following a mid-February win over Providence, members of DePaul's men's basketball team stormed the student section at Allstate Arena"

Now that I see what the student section looks like, it makes more sense that the team would storm the student section.

My guess is half those people are DePauw students who misread the schedule.