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State of the state
Apparently Bill Haslam announced in the state of the state address last night that the state will be allocating funds in the tune of $4.5M towards upgrading the ETSU baseball stadium.

Could someone please explain to me what there is at the baseball stadium that could possibly cost 4,500,000 dollars to upgrade?
01-29-2013 08:00 AM
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(01-29-2013 08:00 AM)Youre my boy blue! Wrote:  Apparently Bill Haslam announced in the state of the state address last night that the state will be allocating funds in the tune of $4.5M towards upgrading the ETSU baseball stadium.

Could someone please explain to me what there is at the baseball stadium that could possibly cost 4,500,000 dollars to upgrade?

that's new on me...do you have a link?
01-29-2013 08:01 AM
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I was just watching WJHL and they had a long list of spending projects in NE Tennessee.

The list was:
$33M for Northeast state building project
$3.5M for ETSU Arts center building
$4.5M for ETSU baseball stadium
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Here is the entire speech by Governor Haslam. I watched the first 30 minutes of the speech but get to the part about education spending.

http://tn.gov/stateofthestate/
01-29-2013 08:14 AM
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That is ridiculous...... It already has a 1 million dollar scoreboard... Unless they are going to be using this stadium to field a new AA/AAA minor league team then they dont need any more additions..... They will be lucky to fill the 400 seats they have now.
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the $3.5 mil for the arts center building is big IMO, because it appeases some who where against bringing football back due to the lack of a sufficient arts center
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i think the performing arts center funding is huge.

Ive already heard that state money cant be used on athletics. How does that work with the baseball field?
01-29-2013 09:33 AM
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(01-29-2013 09:33 AM)etsubuc Wrote:  i think the performing arts center funding is huge.

Ive already heard that state money cant be used on athletics. How does that work with the baseball field?

I was wondering the same thing
01-29-2013 09:36 AM
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I haven't been there in awhile, maybe it needs completed?

The other thing that I thought is perhaps there might be a movement to bring in an AA team to the area.
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(01-29-2013 10:42 AM)PittsburghBucs Wrote:  I haven't been there in awhile, maybe it needs completed?

The other thing that I thought is perhaps there might be a movement to bring in an AA team to the area.

as i told you before, there will be minor league baseball played at thomas stadium, whether that be the rookie cards or otherwise...

this funding however, may be for developement around the stadium as well. have not listened to the address to see if the gov mispoke.
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Clarifications for you folks:

1. The funding for the fine arts center was a done deal. It's been at #1 on the state's funding priorities for ETSU for at least 3 years, maybe more. Those lists are determined years in advance (subject to adjustments as needs changed, etc.), and are acted upon strictly by availability funding monies due to revenue income for the state. Very little has been done in the last 4 years because of the economic downtown, and TN's outdated reliance on sales tax for most of their revenue. Noland got reassured on this many months back - it was just a matter of time before it was made official.

2. The state does not completely say "we will not give money to athletics". What they've said, and reaffirmed over time, is that it's a partnership thing. The state wants to see the level of commitment of each state college entity by 'asking' (to put it nicely) whatever university wants something to kick in a huge chunk of the costs for such things, because frankly the state about 20+ years ago quit being able to afford to solely finance large spending projects. They've even intimated such about a basketball arena, I've been told. So, for example, if ETSU wants to build a basketball arena that costs $30 million, the state will look at it's finances at that time, and tell ETSU something like "ok, we hear you, and approve the project, *pending* you raising $20 million (or $25 million, or whatever) of it "on your own". The ratio of such projects depends, not only on the level of the TN treasury, but on the ranking that capital project has achieved (see point 1 above), AND upon the full range of uses the project will involve. For a hypothetical example, if the city of JC wants in on the action, to be able to use it for concerts, etc., then the state would possibly kick in less $$. If it were eventually to include stuff like a new training room (let's say for the eventual demise of the Dome, still just hypothetically speaking), then the state might kick in a bit more. But all that's getting the cart before the horse - but maybe not by much.
Also, importantly, I *don't* think this concept applies to giving money to help support a football team on an ongoing basis. It's just for facilities. Hard assets.

Also, one last point about one scenario (JC involvement). We all know quite well there hasn't been a smooth working relationship between JC and ETSU; in fact, almost the opposite. This is one thing Noland has said he'd like to improve. The downtown improvements in the direction of ETSU lend themselves to that, as does the fact that ETSU has a presence on the PBA (Public Building Authority), semi-dysfunctional though it may be. I'm not aware on any concrete agreements along these lines at all, but I know the "climate" of cooperation has been warming slowly the last couple of years.

All that being said, I also can't imagine $4.5 million for the baseball FIELD. (I thought I heard "$5.1 million" yesterday, but maybe I mis-heard.) (Almost sounds like they *do* want to make it a stadium.) slappy's theory sounds more realistic with that number being there, but I can't believe something quid pro quo is already in place. That would seem implausible at this point in time.
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I drove by the stadium the other day and they now have seating up the foul lines behind the dugout. Im at a loss for what else they would need to spend that much money on.
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(01-29-2013 12:55 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  I drove by the stadium the other day and they now have seating up the foul lines behind the dugout. Im at a loss for what else they would need to spend that much money on.

Other than a roof above those new seats, I can think of nothing. If 4 mil more is spent on the baseball stadium, what does that bring the grand total to? The field was 5, the scoreboard was 1, the stands and building have to be at least another 3.

All of this so 100 girlfriends, cleat chasers, and parents of local players can "fill" the stands.....

4.5 mil would go a long way towards a new football stadium or arena.....
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