59 ordspråk av David Samson
David Samson
Portland has more work they need to do to become a Major League city, and we have more work we're doing in terms of going to other cities and exploring those cities.
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Right now we are working with the officials of Hialeah, and we're working with the mayor there. He's a great man. He's got vision. He wants to see baseball there. He's doing his work; we're doing our work. We hope to meet again in the next couple of weeks. We're exploring other cities with the focus still on Florida. We'll see how the year progresses.
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Right now, we're not marketing performance,
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Seat capacity will be similar, but in terms of design, that was designed to be next to the Orange Bowl, so the design will be different.
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Talks are serious, but until financial plans are discussed, it's preliminary.
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That's not a problem. We had to get permission from Major League Baseball, so it's not a problem.
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That's not what this is. This is a deliberate effort by the Marlins to correct what ails them. And what ails us is the amount of money lost.
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The early view we have is that it's viable right now. We need to see how revenues are going to grow and make sure it can sustain itself.
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The fiscal insanity that Jeffrey was willing to be a part of for all these years is over, ... We've been asked - time and time again - when does it end? And today is that day.
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The fiscal insanity that Jeffrey was willing to be a part of for all these years is over. We've been asked time and time again, when does it end? And today is that day.
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There is a definite sense of urgency on everybody's part that has not existed before.
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There were no deal discussions. It was very much an introductory meeting. It was 'getting to know you' day. We got to meet people and talk to them and learn more about Portland than what you can read about in the paper and in typical analyses.
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There will be changes,
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There's no more fake deadlines or real deadlines. This is about the Marlins trying to save its franchise. We need a place to play after 2010, and we don't have one.
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They've made more progress because they've been more involved on a day-to-day basis.
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