Talk Of Triple-A Baseball, Downtown Ballpark, A Real Possibility

Good , The trash of the Northeast ruined Cohen Staduim with their flag waving and crap. They did not deserve having the park , only took them a couple of years to destroy the team and park.

Great I hope so real baseball in ElPaso. But then again I'am sure the city and or county leaders will f--k it up. If there is nothing in it for them then it will be a no go. Palms around here need to be greased. Then of course if they do get a AAA team they will have to triple their taxes after a while. Next if tickets aren't 1 dollar and beer and hot dogs aren't 50 cents people won't go cause their to GD cheapy skates.

Sounds awesome especially the stadium downtown. its time this city starts progressing!

PickleBean wrote:

Sounds awesome especially the stadium downtown. its time this city starts progressing!

To get more fans in they need some new promotions, like having an Elvis impersonator perform at halftime or given away signed, full glossy, 8x10's of the greats like Willie Mays or Roger Maris.

The idea sounds great, but remember how the idea came about. PDN wants the taxpayer to built it for them and then they manage or control the purse strings. If we build it, then WE own and control it with management that has OUR interest protected.

GREAT idea and GREAT potential. Lets do whatevere it takes.

boom, old asarco site, right there! perfect! thumbs up if you agree!

btw, check out how Cohen Stadium (upper right hand corner) compares size-wise to what's available downtown. you'd have to do some major demolition just to get a stadium the same size as cohen; city hall, science museum, masonic temple, houses, the depot, etc. and unless i'm mistaken, the idea is to build a bigger stadium. good luck with that!

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JWRussell wrote:

Good , The trash of the Northeast ruined Cohen Staduim with their flag waving and crap. They did not deserve having the park , only took them a couple of years to destroy the team and park.

That's right we are trash. Stay out of our neighborhoods and for goodness sake, don't move here. Its terrible and ugly. Stay where you're at. Please avoid US 54 at all costs. We need to keep our area free from outsiders that are clean and actual good citizens. Please stay away.

Funny how it is all blamed on the northeast.

Let me ask, what has the east side done lately, or the west side with all the snobs, and oh heck yeah lets put it in downtown, the old ASARCO lot so the people watching the games can get shot by stray bullets flying over the border. Could be a promotion, if you family member gets shot at the game you get a free ticket to the next game.
The Diablos went to hell when they were sold. Had nothing to do with the Stadium, although we were sold a bill of goods on that one it was supposed to be a sports complex not just for baseball.
Would love to see a AAA team here the Major affiliation would make it fun again. I still remember when the Diablos were associated with the Brewers and the the Diamondbacks.
Of course lately there are just too many things between innings can't get the game going before they have some other stuff going on.
Jim Paul knew how to do it. A few promos not too many.

JWRussell wrote:

Good , The trash of the Northeast ruined Cohen Staduim with their flag waving and crap. They did not deserve having the park , only took them a couple of years to destroy the team and park.

Of course you have to be a liar, thief and a coward for not using your real name. Maybe you should grow a pair and grow up behaving like a normal human being.

We cannot afford to build a new stadium in Central El Paso. We do not have enough private property down there to condemn in order to put in a baseball stadium much less a basketball arena or sportsplex.

play ball wrote:

boom, old asarco site, right there! perfect! thumbs up if you agree!

Asarco land is already spoken for. The city is and local visionaries, me being one of them, will be keeping the smoke stack and turning Asarco land into a tourist attraction.

El Paso already has a baseball stadium, Estadio de Las Cobras!
The city needs to save money during the ressesion to make sure all mexican children have food stamps and a public education.
Do it for the children.

_Arrrrrrr wrote:

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Asarco land is already spoken for. The city is and local visionaries, me being one of them, will be keeping the smoke stack and turning Asarco land into a tourist attraction.

That's a wonderful idea Arrrrrr! They could have bungy jumping off the smoke stake, have helicopter rides around the smoke stack, dress the kids up in those has-mat type looking grear and take rides in the slag dumper cars. Also have a Cantina that has Bud Lights!
Mexican people like you make me proud to live in El Paso.

Poud Mexican Democrat wrote:

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That's a wonderful idea Arrrrrr! They could have bungy jumping off the smoke stake, have helicopter rides around the smoke stack, dress the kids up in those has-mat type looking grear and take rides in the slag dumper cars. Also have a Cantina that has Bud Lights!
Mexican people like you make me proud to live in El Paso.

You should loosen up the bone and vote Republican this time. I used to vote Democratic too but they screwed us on this Keystone deal.

So,$40 million to build a new stadium, and say another $20 million to build a new city hall. Hmmm.

I'll tell you rubes what this podunk town needs. A decent, legal red light district. That and legalize the marijuana. That'll bring in the tourism.

Letch wrote:

So,$40 million to build a new stadium, and say another $20 million to build a new city hall. Hmmm.
I'll tell you rubes what this podunk town needs. A decent, legal red light district. That and legalize the marijuana. That'll bring in the tourism.

No doubt about that. Then you can have yoru woman and daughter making some serious money instead of just giving their beaver away for free!

I can't believe this .What will our sister city think? Their not getting a new soccer field.You people better get ready for another eminent domain.Hey maybe we can use the railroad like the Yankees do.

pda1854 wrote:

I can't believe this .What will our sister city think? Their not getting a new soccer field.You people better get ready for another eminent domain.Hey maybe we can use the railroad like the Yankees do.

As long its for the Better Good , Im all for it. Use it or Loose it
is what they say around my parts.

pda1854 wrote:

I can't believe this .What will our sister city think? Their not getting a new soccer field.You people better get ready for another eminent domain.Hey maybe we can use the railroad like the Yankees do.

you're right about the ED. but railroad land wouldn't work though. neither of the train yards is big enough. they're too narrow. if you want to do this right, best solution would be to raze 4, 5 or better still 6 square blocks in the second ward. get your stadium AND on site parking in one shot. otherwise, we'll need to shuttle and... meh, forget it, i'm losing interest already.