AS - You asked where people would draw the line. I'm simply responding, saying I personally won't draw lines in the sand until I know what I'm deciding.
And I'm quite serious when I say you're pulling those figures out of the air. They may be close or they may not be. We don't know. At this point, I would PERSONALLY rather err on the side of caution than throw out numbers that could easily be misconstrued by an uninformed public. There's been too much of that already, IMHO.
Why the haste? Why not wait just a little longer and see what they propose? You'll be on firmer ground and you'll have actuals to talk about instead of hypotheticals.
As far as what Robby Waters said two years ago, that's an eternity in this kind of thing. You have an overwhelmingly negative attitude about this whole scenario, and I just find it somewhat baffling.
Are you going to open a bike shop? Have you ever considered doing such a thing? How do you know and why would you assume the Maloofs would find that to be adverse to an arena? If they have shops, restaurants, etc. inside the arena and don't want specific competition within a block or two, I'd think it was reasonable.
But, bottom line, it's irrelevant right now, at least to me. I much prefer to deal in real points in situations like this. The rest is just "what if" and actually serves in many instances to derail real talking points.
But if others want to respond, they're more than free to do so. Hopefully, people won't just glance at your figures and take them for gospel.
Peace.
And I'm quite serious when I say you're pulling those figures out of the air. They may be close or they may not be. We don't know. At this point, I would PERSONALLY rather err on the side of caution than throw out numbers that could easily be misconstrued by an uninformed public. There's been too much of that already, IMHO.
Why the haste? Why not wait just a little longer and see what they propose? You'll be on firmer ground and you'll have actuals to talk about instead of hypotheticals.
As far as what Robby Waters said two years ago, that's an eternity in this kind of thing. You have an overwhelmingly negative attitude about this whole scenario, and I just find it somewhat baffling.
Are you going to open a bike shop? Have you ever considered doing such a thing? How do you know and why would you assume the Maloofs would find that to be adverse to an arena? If they have shops, restaurants, etc. inside the arena and don't want specific competition within a block or two, I'd think it was reasonable.
But, bottom line, it's irrelevant right now, at least to me. I much prefer to deal in real points in situations like this. The rest is just "what if" and actually serves in many instances to derail real talking points.
But if others want to respond, they're more than free to do so. Hopefully, people won't just glance at your figures and take them for gospel.
Peace.
