Legion Field won't last forever, you know
Birmingham Mayor Bernard Kincaid wants Alabama legislators to commit $75 million now or $5 million annually over 30 years to help build a domed stadium in the Magic City. Gov. Bob Riley, wisely, has asked the city and Jefferson County to show how they plan to pay for their share of the costs before the state starts pouring money into the dome project.
As inaction reigns, the dome, as it has for more than a decade, remains little more than a glimmer in an architect's eye, an idea that might help revitalize Birmingham if it were built in the next few years but that may not spring into existence in time to have much economic impact.
In case you aren't yet thoroughly disgusted with government, dome posturing may lead Jefferson County legislators to kill an $80 million allocation to the Mobile docks that they support, thereby seriously damaging Mobile's bid to land a $600 million aircraft plant that would bring more than 1,100 jobs to the state.
As inaction reigns, the dome, as it has for more than a decade, remains little more than a glimmer in an architect's eye, an idea that might help revitalize Birmingham if it were built in the next few years but that may not spring into existence in time to have much economic impact.
In case you aren't yet thoroughly disgusted with government, dome posturing may lead Jefferson County legislators to kill an $80 million allocation to the Mobile docks that they support, thereby seriously damaging Mobile's bid to land a $600 million aircraft plant that would bring more than 1,100 jobs to the state.
posted by Alabamian at 6:30 AM
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