Sorry for caring about poor kids and wanting to not be ripped off by predatory private business practices. Love takes action and speaking out against injustice and preventing harm.

Sometimes people just can't live up to their username. I'm not sure your opening salvo there really gets the pass for your good intentions.

If you don’t understand that using public resources to subsidize a for profit business that statistically looses money for cities who invest in them is a poor choice compared to using that money to invest in things that do improve our community and economy all because you like baseball then yes you have a child like mentality and aren’t approaching things as an adult

Tang and Biscuit has country cover bands fairly often. East of Blue Ridge is no more but the remaining members formed a new band that I don’t remember the name of and they play there

Oh no. The government is subsidizing a private entity. Unheard of! Unacceptable!

I don't think that was their point, but still. The cross section of Richmond Suburbanites who would frequent a country western bar and confederate sympathizers is... not an inconsequential one. I graduated from Lee-Davis and was raised in Mechanicsville my whole life, and basically everyone I personally know in the area that's into the whole "boots, hats n' trucks" thing is still at least a little bitter about the statues and the schools. It's not everyone, but it's enough for a broad generalization.

Maybe that doesn't travel as well into some of the other suburban areas, but that's been my experience at least.

edit: I should also point out I don't have anything against country, it just seems to go hand in hand with conservatism around here. I lived in TN for a few years and Nashville was kind of a revelation, in that I could enjoy country music without feeling smothered by the whole weird redneck vibe it gets smothered in around here.

*Jizz trees

They need the stadium to make money, so it’s essential infrastructure to their business model and they should pay for its upkeep and development and construction of a new and improved facility, if they can’t then they are being subsidized.

If we're doing that, it's Metzger, not Metzger's.

Open the windows?

Definitely one of those "know what to order" places.

Legitimate question: Is Bubba's not a white supremacist bar? All I've ever heard about the place is that it was either a Klan hangout or literally where the Klan held their meetings, and that's going back decades. I've never set foot in the place specifically for that reason.

Sometimes love means not letting limited and needed community resources be channeled into the pockets of big business.

Oooo! Am I one of the man children?!

I’d much rather see that land used for more mixed income housing than be used for a new stadium, the diamond district would be fine without it because those are things we actually need and land is at a premium in Richmond these days.

There is no evidence that the squirrels are making the city money. In all these years of these same arguments no one has ever shown that it makes more money for the city after the expenses it costs to keep it running. Statistically around the nation these are money losing ventures that cost cities money and make private business rich at taxpayer expense. It’s bullshit.

Ha, yeah, it's been like this for a while around here. Someone really gets their jollies by downvoting everyone.

Thank you. This is the better argument that I could have made.

I will add that if we lose the squirrels, the chances of getting another minor league team with the front office of the caliber that parney gives us is slim to none

The squirrels staying happy doesn’t mean anything for the city, the entire stadium will be torn down soon. Show me one shred of proof that having a baseball team here makes us any money after the expenses it takes in upkeep, infrastructure, and personnel to keep it going

they can take their shit and walk and it would only improve my life. I’m tired of the fireworks scaring my dog and I’m tired of subsidizing people who don’t need it.

Recently got promoted and was gifted a very nice bottle of wine - any recs on where to celebrate with it? Lists of restaurants with corkage fees in Richmond online seem old/outdated.

Currently considering The Stables (per this thread!) and their corkage is $25, not horrible.

Username does not check out.

And you got at least one down vote for being an amazing person. Got to love r/rva, the place where no one can win.

3.5 million spent on a stadium means 3.5 million that can’t be spent on things that actually matter. As has been pointed out throughout this thread by many people, the owners of the Squirrels and their parent companies have the money, let them spend it.

If you ever want them while eating/drinking out, City Dogs has them in stock!

Baseball doesn’t own the infrastructure, the city does.

No they have not, statistically these projects loose money. And why look elsewhere when you can look at the Diamond and the redskins training camp or any of the other schemes that have all had big promises and then fell flat.