Tigue update?

[duggie85]

For some strange reason, I thought this was a done deal. I've been hearing about this seven figure donation for a long, long time, nearly ten years. It was there for awhile, then it was not. Is this actually going to happen?

The latest, very lengthy DA article on the Tigue project quotes Robe and Scott Farmer. They repeat the $10 million budget, talk about hiring Lemoine and Lafayette-based Abell + Crozier + Davis, and its national stadium design partner, the DLR Group, but the article says nothing about the money not existing. Isn't the inference the money is there, the budget is met? Who hires an architect and builder without funding?

Who has a silent $5 million capital expenditure funding campaign? The budget portion of this thread defies logic.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/s...lion/27870699/

You must not have been paying attention around here for that long time.

Long story short: Money committed few years ago. Money then lost in Ponzi scheme. New donor stepping up now.

[DaddyCajun]

You must not have been paying attention around here for that long time.

Long story short: Money committed few years ago. Money then lost in Ponzi scheme. New donor stepping up now.

Right, and I thought there were 3 donors for sure, 2 ex UL players one was a pitcher in the Majors, the other a current catcher in the Majors, with a the third a huge fan/backer who recently passed last year.

[Dad04]

You must not have been paying attention around here for that long time.

Long story short: Money committed few years ago. Money then lost in Ponzi scheme. New donor stepping up now.

I know the Allan Stanford story. Tell me what I don't know. Who hires a builder with half the house paid for?

[Dad04]

Right, and I thought there were 3 donors for sure, 2 ex UL players one was a pitcher in the Majors, the other a current catcher in the Majors, with a the third a huge fan/backer who recently passed last year.

Luc doesn't have that kind of $$.

[CrazyCajun]

Luc doesn't have that kind of $$.

Sure about that

[Dad04]

Sure about that

He's made 5 or 6 mill total and paid huge, close to half, in taxes. He's got the mlb lifestyle, which ain't cheap.

[CrazyCajun]

He's made 5 or 6 mill total and paid huge, close to half, in taxes. He's got the mlb lifestyle, which ain't cheap.

Still has a $17.5 contract and we were his only D1 offer I believe. Being the kind of guy he is, woukdnt surprise me if he would donate that kind of money even if he isn't overflowing with money.

[Dad04]

Still has a $17.5 contract and we were his only D1 offer I believe. Being the kind of guy he is, woukdnt surprise me if he would donate that kind of money even if he isn't overflowing with money.

Wrong. 5 years $10.28 million. 1.5 years left. The contract is backloaded. Half the money is this year and next. There is a year at the team option, not guaranteed.

He's a good guy, but no dummy. You are mistaken if you think he owes anything to ul. He's earned every penny.


http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lucrojo01.shtml?mobile=false

[DaddyCajun]

Luc doesn't have that kind of $$.

No Luc was part of the match, so I though. Luc, BJ, and the donor! Ponzi scheme was Mike M., the $5 million dollar man. At one time he had assembled 30+ UL grads who also owned Houston based Oil companies and they were to put up each $100,000 and Mike was going to put up the $5 Million. Along came Ponzi scheme and so for has shut that down.

[Dad04]

BJ made 10 x what Luc has made. That's fine. So why are we planning a $10 million park with $5 million to pay for it?

What am I missing? Educate me. The whole thing still sounds like pipe dream.

[CrazyCajun]

Wrong. 5 years $10.28 million. 1.5 years left. The contract is backloaded. Half the money is this year and next. There is a year at the team option, not guaranteed.

He's a good guy, but no dummy. You are mistaken if you think he owes anything to ul. He's earned every penny.


http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lucrojo01.shtml?mobile=false

Where did I say he owes anything? Don't know why you are offended by this, everywhere I see his net worth is 17.5 million. Do you know all his financial investments? Did anyone say he gave all 5 million? What if his portion is 500k? We have to have half the money in order to hire architects who actually can draw real plans and get a real cost... Not a cartoon picture. That's why the APC doesn't resemble the original drawing before they raised any money.

[Dad04]

So this really is a pipe dream.