Comments on: It’s Official: Dodgers Not Willing to Pay for a “Few Buses”

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:30:12 +0000

So... is there any way to get to Dodger Stadium without driving? Is it bikeable? If so, is there a place to lock bikes outside?

By: Umberto Brayj

Umberto Brayj — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:05:23 +0000

This McCourt guy has moxie. He's got brass balls. He understands the legacy of the Dodgers in L.A. This isn't about baseball for McCourt - it's about continuing what the Dodgers started in the 1950's. Think about: hosing Brooklyn to come to L.A.; ripping apart what was left of a local community to build a stadium on public land. This snub with the LADOT's trolley is just part of the fun! McCourt's taking our locally generated dollars and poured them into a $100 million Arizona spring training facility for his millionaire buddies to meet their escorts. So, you see, this is what Dodger Blue is all about: screwing the little people while reminding us "Don't be baseball haters!"

By: PaulCJr

PaulCJr — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:42:02 +0000

The city should impose an infrastructure tax of some sort on the stadium. Why don't we call it a sports stadium tax (that way its applied to all stadiums for fairness). The city could put it on the ballot explaining to the voters that this tax will support the infrastructure ( roads, metro system and shuttle buses, and sewage) used by the stadium. Sounds like an idea to me.

By: David Galvan

David Galvan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:12:10 +0000

UGh. Glad I'm not much of a Dodgers fan. Not even willing to go halfsies, eh? Whatever. He won't be getting any of my money any time soon.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:34:11 +0000

most sports fans are mindless drones -- they do what they're told and nothing more.

at least overseas, some of the clubs have membership and the fans get some very small say in how hard and fast they get shafted. there is no such pretense here in the US, generally speaking. Green Bay stands out as one of the least criminal sports franchises in America, and that, obviously, is not saying much.

By: Fred Camino

Fred Camino — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:21:22 +0000

Is it just me or does it seem like back in the day capitalists used to have a lot more vision and scope in their ventures? Here this guy is spending all this money to renovate Dodger Stadium and bring it up to date and it seems he wants to leave some sort of legacy. He admits the need for "a robust muscular public transit for Dodger Stadium to be a vibrant place" and then he wants the government to do it for him? What's wrong with capitalists these days?!?! Take that capital and BUILD something awesome, something well above the shitty mini-buses that the LADOT provided. The service doesn't have to be profitable, hello, CAPITALIST. Not everything aspect of a business has to be profitable for the entire business to be profitable. Loss leader anyone? Capitalists today are so lame and boring. This why the most "lucrative" and "exciting" businesses today are glorified RSS feeds? Why bother with something with scale and impact, that's the governments job.

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:53:48 +0000

Since McCourt made most of his money on parking real estate, this does not surprise me. He is bound to optimize for a full parking lot. But it ought to be low hanging fruit to get sponsors for the shuttle. I doubt LADOT can't pull this off and get the person to do it to get paid by percentage so it doesn't cost the city any money.