Comments on: Do We Really Need GBAD?

By: Betty

Betty — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:08:29 +0000

Stephanie Astorquia is gone from GBAD! Such great news.

So Chuck now that you’ve completely turned this group on its side, what’s taking you and the boys so long to disband GBAD and eliminate the tax? Whatsamattah? Can’t walk your talk? Or was it really a just a personal vendetta against Bobbie all along?

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:10 +0000

Something smells bad at GBAD.

http://www.43sb.com/?q=node%2F6205

By: Voter

Voter — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:41 +0000

JJ – one of the little known ways to make a lot of money is to get public entities like cities and other government agencies to build something. You then offer to “build it and lease it back”.

It is an easy way for the government agency to get the facility, look like they have private business involved and then payback a friend.

Your take on the ball team is correct. they are simply not any more viable tomorrow than they are today. Hard to want to spend millions to benefit a couple thousand fans (nothing against them). Just another trolley to nowhere.

By: jj

jj — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:46:19 +0000

I recently went to the Hawks customer appreciation day, was one of several dozen people who seemed to be there. Not sure the hawks is an economic engine worthy of public investment. If private investment thought it was worth it, there would be private funds. Funny how government tends to fund “investments” that professional investors stay away from. Oh yeah, I remember, professionals investors want a return on the investment, government and politicians don’t, they just buy headlines and campaign contributions.

By: New to Boise

New to Boise — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:59:48 +0000

What is it with people on this site? It seems like everyone in Boise is opposed to change. A nice new downtown baseball field would be great for baseball and events downtown. With JUMP already being built, a core business area downtown would be both fruitful and convenient.

“[I]t would logically spell financial ruin for the businesses near the current Boise Hawks field on Glenwood.” You can’t be serious. Do you really think D&B supply, Fred Meyer, a Concert House and the Fairgrounds would really be hurt by the hawks leaving? The fact of the matter is that there really are no businesses that are dependent on the stadium. A downtown stadium could support a lot more than the horrible out of the way location in GC.

EDITOR NOTE–We were attempting a note of sarcasm. If one believes a ballpark will STIMULATE new business, it is logical that old business will SUFFER if the park leaves an area. Point being, the benefits of a new ball park are mostly to the Cubs organization that should pay the bill for a new park if they want it.

By: Local Gal

Local Gal — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:42:25 +0000

I agree with Anon. My company is moving our meetings west to the Eagle area. While the convention center is BIG it is expensive. If Meridian ever builds anything that will allow larger groups and they can do it for less then the Boise GBAD is DEAD.

By: Anonyvox

Anonyvox — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:48:52 +0000

I book a number of meetings and conferences each year in Boise, and while the attendees really enjoy staying downtown for the amenities, it’s so bloody expensive to book a conference room down there that I rarely do it. I can get a room for 30 people to meet for $250/day around the airport and out on Park Center, but to go downtown, it’s closer to $1000/day. That means those 30 attendees are taking their hotel, meal and recreation dollars outside downtown for the 3 nights they are here. And those are my small meetings–it can be more like 100 people for 3 days at a time for other events.

I think GBAD needs to work with the facilities to make their prices more competitive, frankly.

By: NO NO NO

NO NO NO — Sun, 12 May 2013 01:22:58 +0000

NO NO NO!

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:50:35 +0000

Jean Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV’s minister of Finance, “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.”