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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Friday, February 05, 2010
Target Field, the new home of the Minnesota Twins, holds 81 home games in a season for the baseball team. The $545 million spent to construct and sustain it, however, is already taking its toll.
According to an article by St. Paul Pioneer Press , baseball is simply not enough to cover the cost. Now, private events like weddings are being held on the premises, and revenue is increasing by over 20 percent.
“We want people to come here and enjoy Target Field year-round. It’s a tremendous community asset,” said Laura Day, senior vice president of business development for the Twins.
Minnesotans marry for Mauer?
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1. Bob Tufts Posted: February 05, 2010 at 09:38 PM (#3454914)It was either that or resurrecting the rites of their Norse ancestors.
If the marriage breaks up that's going to screw up your enjoyment of home games forever.
At least do it in season, so half the years you get to go to the ball-game for your anniversary.
You're a sick, sick man. (And by "sick", I mean "effing brilliant".)
baseball is simply not enough to cover the cost
If they had only built a stadium that could've been used for baseball and football, this never would have happened!
I'm imagining this in black and white, and I want to have it and hang it on my wall. If a photograph like this exists, I want it.
With a soundtrack of Phil Rizzuto doing the call from "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
(air horn)
Somehow, I think "out" is the more appropriate call here. . .
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