Tigue update?

[CajunRed]

I bet some are reluctant to give because they hear about a 10 M cap to the project and want their donation to ADD to the project, not simply replace dollars that will already be spent... I.e. They don't want their additional dollars re-allocated elsewhere. They want to see their donation reflected in an upgraded ballpark design.

$10mil is not in hand...so how can we be talking about additional dollars going towards a project of more than $10mil? We don't have all of the first TEN yet!

[CajunAmos]

$10mil is not in hand...so how can we be talking about additional dollars going towards a project of more than $10mil? We don't have all of the first TEN yet!

That's my beef about the required $10M. The $5M matching has been out there for a while. They've been talking about the silent phase for a year. If they say they are still trying to reach the $10M number that means they've been fundraising "silently" for a year and have yet to raise the $5M necessary to get the full match. "Silent" means no ones *ss in on the line in the public eye.

[CajunRed]

My point was that some were saying they would only give if they knew it was for extra stuff...something over $10million. Does that make sense when we don't even have the first 10 yet?

If we raise $20mil...then I'll give a million, but only if its for stuff over $20mil!

What?

[Dad04]

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/

[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.