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Privately owned, for-profit Hillsboro Hops baseball team allocated $15.2 million by state, Bend's non-profit High Desert Museum awarded $0 as it and other arts orgs struggle to stay afloat. (www.oregonlive.com)

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Sure, but how much money did the non-profit High Desert Museum pay to politicians? You can't expect to get money from the government if you don't pay off the people who decide how to spend our taxes.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm gonna try again here with all the details.

The city of Hillsboro owns and manages the (current and future) stadium, not the team.

The High Desert Museum DID get hundreds of thousands of dollars. They had an additional 2 million dollar request for a project that was denied. Many several arts projects and museums were also funded.

The MLB requirements for team stadiums changed, which would have forced the team to move. The deadline for funding the new stadium was days away. Everyone here loves the Hops.

Also, locally this news group is considered right leaning trash that is very agenda driven. OPB is our public funded news that tells stories more accurately if you're interested.

[+] BossDj@lemm.ee -9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

MLB made rules about their stadium that made it not up to code and they'd have to move if they didn't build a new one. The city, the county, and now the state put up funds for a the new stadium, which they will also use as a venue and get a piece of that pie. Plus people LOVE the Hops

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stadiums are almost always a money pit. There was no reason for the state to provide funding for that.

[+] BossDj@lemm.ee -8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hillsboro is Portland suburb. We are weird

Anyway I can't express how beloved the hops are locally

We've all been to the high desert museum. Once. It's cool. But if you're in bend, you're doing outdoors stuff

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

" I cannot grasp the importance of art or history, but -- ooh, ball fly! Hit ball with stick! Unga bunga"

-- BossDJ

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was one hell of a leap.

The people here passed an arts tax. We like arts. We can like baseball, too. It's okay. Conflating the two in this biased way was pretty ridiculous to begin with.

The legislation referenced here gave money to tons of arts organizations, including the high desert museum (yep they did get money). They have gotten several millions from the state over the years. Only one of their projects this year was rejected. The baseball stadium has urgency, a deadline that would have passed within days of the state didn't fill the gap.

The stadium makes money for the state. It is earning the state money. Not a money pit. Money that can use for the arts. Does that make you feel better? I mean, we could be arguing that the money should go to wildfire protection and housing the homeless or mental health. But no, it's arts vs baseball for some reason.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If people really love Toyotas should the government give Toyota money?

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The government has given businesses money to stop them from going out of business when it is in the interest of the people. So many times.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And same should happen here: money in exchange for corporate equity. Probably should be sold at a discount when it’s public money to reduce tomfoolery.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well in this case the city will own the stadium, not the team

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed.