In a way, you have to hand it to the Rochester Rhinos. Not only did they manage to convince people that they needed their own stadium (they didn’t) and that building it in one of the most decrepit neighborhoods in the city was a great way to attract fans from the suburbs (it wasn’t), but now they’ve managed to get a $4 million state grant for luxury suites from a state mired in serious financial issues.
Think about, the stadium that no one wanted, in a place no one wants to go will now have luxury suites for those wealthy fans who won’t come to the stadium without an armed guard. And they used state money to do it.
And I’d be remiss in not mentioning the Rochester Fiasco Connection™: The stadium was once named for PAETEC, the telecom company that was going to build a 30-story office on the site of Midtown Plaza but due to declining business is now maybe only building a 10-story office.
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