Pay to stay?

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Chicago Tribune


Pay to stay?

The article say that they need to pay to stay also it say that the Cubs owner is seeking for state aid to keep historic Wrigley Field running. The Wrigley Field needs more than $200 million in renovation to ensure the team stays for the next 35 years. Last year the team was bought by the Ricketts family. The family paid for the team $845 million. The Cubs paid $16.1 million in amusement taxes and 12% levy of each ticket. The Illinois General Assembly needs to approval the financing plan. In the other hand on Thursday Gov. Quinn said that he didn’t know about this plan but he doesn’t want to say anything about that. He said, I want to know what they talking about. He said, we like the Cubs, we like the Sox and other sports but I needs more details. In the end of the article Tom Ricketts said “The plan is fair, simple and solve the problem”.
In mi opinion there is a controversy. A team is a team but the city has to approval the financing plan. The city has the majority of benefits from the teams of the Wrigley Field.