 have the money, you have only a dream, not a plan.
The only good news for 49ers fans is that Los Angeles may be even further behind. NFL executives met in the fall with representatives of Los Angeles city and county to try to work out a remodeling plan for the LA Memorial Coliseum but couldn’t come to even a preliminary agreement.
The basic problem is that it’s virtually impossible to get public money for a sports facility in California. In a state with 15 major professional teams, the state couldn’t provide stadium money for one. Anyway, the state doesn’t have the money even to repair roads, let alone build stadiums.
Cities don’t have the money, either. After failing on three ballot measures, the Giants finally built a privately owned park, and that’s the only new professional park/stadium/arena built in the Bay Area since the twin facilities of the Coliseum and Arena opened in Oakland in the fall of 1966.
With their new plan, the 49ers have tried to get public money from Santa Clara but have met with understandable resistance.
Helping to pay for an NFL stadium is a bad financial deal for a city. Pro football games don’t bring significant money into a community because fans seldom eat at nearby restaurants or stay in hotels.
There is only one real plus for a community: Hosting a Super Bowl. As many as 90 percent of the people attending the game come from elsewhere, so they are staying in local hotels and eating at local restaurants, some of them for several days.
But where do you think visitors would stay if they were coming to a Super Bowl at a stadium in Santa Clara? San Francisco, of course. So, Santa Clara would get very little business but be stuck with the costs for extra police at the game.
The stadium will have to be privately built, but those close to the family are convinced Denise DeBartolo York will never agree to put up the kind of money that’s needed. John York has reportedly been trying to get money from private investors, but it’s hard to see investors putting up significant money without a provision that they could buy the club in the future, the type of clause Chris Cohan invoked to buy the Warriors. But York doesn’t want to give up that kind of control, and he won’t sell to either an individual such as Larry Ellison or a group that could build the stadium privately.
So, 49ers fans, settle in at Monster Park. You’re going to be there a while.
Glenn Dickey has been covering Bay Area sports since 1963 and also writes on. E-mail him at glenndickey@hotmail.com.
Share your comments below.Experiment 4- No notifications, no problem
The importance of technological boundaries- learnt the hard way!
I have a very pragmatic approach to technology of any kind. I love the fact my family and friends can contact me. I love the fact that I can create resources for work. I love the fact that so much information and entertainment is available so quickly. But I do keep it to a minimum. The only notifications I now have, are on my phone and are for texts and personal email.
The creation of these technological boundaries come from some experience. Last year I had a role at work with more managerial responsibilities. I made sure I could access my work email from my phone. This did me no good at all: it allowed me to check my work email too easily, and the boundaries between work and home became eroded. Why? I would check emails too often, then feel I needed to act on each request or piece of information as and when I saw them. The more I did this, the more people expected that I would respond quickly. I felt good as I felt on top of it all - Wasn't I an efficient manager of my team? Wasn't I committed? Won't I be praised?
This worked for a while, but was totally unsustainable (therefore not evidence of efficiency, commitment and certainly not praiseworthy!). I learnt that I was so present with my work emails and work life, that I was more and more absent with my home life, my own personal development. Many people are able to create those boundaries, be in control of their technological dialogues: I congratulate them. For me it became too invasive. I knew I shouldn't be checking, but habitually did. These lack of boundaries eventually meant I didn't sleep, I didn't switch off and I resented my job.
I am not going to preach at anyone about their use of technology. I realise there are many advantages, for example I am loving reading many of the stimulating blogs and articles on Life Labs! Nevertheless, I am happier with a smaller technological world. I check my phone at key points in the day. It lives in my bag or in the kitchen. When I started my new role in my new school in September, work email notifications on my phone did not join me and I try not to check them on my work laptop after 7.30 pm. If there is an emergency people can contact me on my mobile or landline.
So this experiment? I knew it would not cause a wrench, but it did encourage me to reflect. I think a year ago this would have been much harder - my 'career' ego wouldn't have been so flexible, it would have made me very anxious at not being immediately responsive. I am grateful for the fact my family and friends can contact me if needed; I am not grateful that my children are part of a generation who may find it impossible to create the boundaries that I have.
I would encourage everyone to try this experiment. We regularly evaluate our human relationships, so why not the relationship with the devices that often take up more of our time than that given to those around us?
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100% with you Jacqui - notifications are fine as long as you're the one in control and they're not getting in the way of living your life :-)
its all about choice!! good insights, thx Jacqui. CxVital Facts That You Ought To Find Out About Real Estate.
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