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November 5th, 2008 at 4:13 am
I guess I’m walking on eggs here - and coming in without all the facts - but if the rink isn’t making money for the city, why would the university going to want to pick it up. If it’s a $1 million a year vacuum cleaner on budgets, it doesn’t make anymore financial sense for the University to take it than the city.
The state should take it into receivership, figure out if and how it can be salvaged (and I truly hope it can; it’s a gem in that area and could be much better utilized) and then either sell it to the University at a reasonable bargain or on the open market. No one should be forced to run that thing at such a high cost.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Yeah but then why go through and make the city think there might be a deal reached? I just don’t get it. And, the meeting with the Governor will go as scheduled…I mean, talk about awkward…
November 5th, 2008 at 8:58 am
If you know Marty, he’s looking for something for nothing.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Lynne:
Great post!
I am equally confused. I guess once a politician, always a politician.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I have to agree with Prince Charming here. From the little information in the article I would venture to guess that Marty is looking for the city to make upgrades (practice arena a bargaining chip) then give it to the University.
Although Meehan does have a point about the state cutting budgets and probably not being willing to allow him to shell out cash for an arena that the state already has a majority stake in.
If I were Lynch and the CC I’d wait for the audit and depending on what it says, move foward with their recommendations without UMass involvement beyond the terms of the lease.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Lynne, I realize what my opinion is worth around here but if you’re interested here’s my two cents, if you look at this and read between the lines, Marty wants the arena and the land around it. Bernie wants to keep the land. Marty wants to be able to have an arena “complex” and Bernie or the CC or someone connected with deep pockets wants the adjoining land to “develop”. With the JDCU moving to the new Soucy bldg. That land is worth more than it was two years ago.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Now that would be fine. Everyone wants something, oftentimes different things. It might be in the best interest of the University to think about a complex like that (like UNH built), and it might be in the best interest of the city to keep the parcel separate and get more tax revenues from it. The problem is that these conflict, and the arena ownership is sorta mixed.
I guess this is what happens when a good partnership goes bad? People looking to go their separate ways but can’t because they are bound contractually?
And I don’t discount your opinion, except when you’re wrong.
November 6th, 2008 at 6:56 am
It appears that Lowellian is right — UML has suspended talks with the city *specifically* because the city is discussing the adjacent land with other potential developers according to today’s Sun.