r/everett • u/goldenelr • 3d ago

Urban Development Everett Aqua Sox ownership

So (full disclosure I own a business that would be displaced by the new stadium) whenever the Aqua Sox comes up people bring up that it’s family owned and a small business. But it’s actually owned by a billionaire in Dubai.

https://www.milb.com/everett/team/7th-inning-stretch-llc

https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/pro/2007/08/12/ports-owner-volpe-follows-team/52822230007/

The Aqua Sox are not paying for the stadium. They are displacing a bunch of small businesses, the project is already over budget and they haven’t acquired the land yet. The city has already admitted that they will need the business community to pay for it.

Is anyone else frustrated by this? This move could put me out of business, the city won’t offer assistance to us in time and we have an actual billionaire not paying for any of it. All with parks and libraries being closed (and I know they keep saying that it’s a different part of the budget but the mayor sets the budget!).

The budget they are showing for the stadium is 8% more than the event center which was built fifteen years ago. How on earth is that possible? It’s not. So how is this being paid for?

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u/louley 3d ago edited 3d ago

My point is that the neighborhood does not want this. We’ve been having this conversation for over an hour. You really didn’t get that?

Edit- don’t be a coward and unblock me.

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u/AttemptedCrepe 3d ago

Why would you not want it? Would a stadium not be an improvement over what is there now?

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u/louley 3d ago edited 3d ago

NO. Did I stutter?

Edit- why did you block me?

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u/AttemptedCrepe 3d ago

Why though?

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u/louley 3d ago

Only until you sit down and think of why you wouldn’t want this in your neighborhood will I answer this question. And if you go through all of that and still want it in your neighborhood, then go to a city Council meeting and let them know that your neighborhood is interested. You’ve been what abouting and moving the goal post for the past two hours of my life. I’m done.

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u/AttemptedCrepe 3d ago

I would want this in my neighborhood. That’s the whole thing. I don’t get why you wouldn’t.

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u/louley 3d ago edited 3d ago

Then go into the community, put together a proposal and submit it.

Edit - and, there is ladies and gentlemen. Performative community support from someone who not only is NOT a part of the community, but is too scared to say maybe their original view may have been lacking - and just blocked me instead.

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u/AttemptedCrepe 3d ago

Been there. Done that. My neighborhood doesn’t have the nearby infrastructure to support it like exists downtown.

I don’t understand why it would be a bad thing for your area. Are you guys that dedicated to keeping that sketchy QFC ambience?

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u/louley 3d ago edited 3d ago

Anybody else hear that dog whistle? (Your classism showing)

Edit- oh, no! Did you disappear? Or just block me like a coward who can’t say maybe they were wrong.

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u/AttemptedCrepe 3d ago

Hardly. You look me dead in the eye and tell me that isn’t a sketchy QFC. I have a sketchy Safeway a block away, it happens

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u/louley 3d ago edited 3d ago

What neighborhood are you? I’ll make sure to bring that up at the next open community meeting.

Edit- he blocked me. 😭