Apparently I’m the Red Wings arena opposition; fear my wrath!
With everyone asking me the last few days why people in Detroit aren’t up in arms over the bankrupt city’s proposed $261.5 million Red Wings arena subsidy — typical comment: “Where are the people of Detroit with the torches and pitchforks?!”— I eagerly clicked on a news headline yesterday that read, “Plans for new Red Wings arena in Detroit spark criticism.” Criticism from who, I wondered?
In the same week that Detroit announced its bankruptcy, a state board unanimously approved plans for a new hockey arena for the Red Wings — a decision that has raised a few eyebrows among critics.The new arena will be funded in part with $284 million in tax dollars.“You’ve got this city that can’t even afford to keep streetlights on, that’s talking about selling off its art museum, and here they’re talking about giving anywhere between $150 million and $300 million to the Red Wings for a new arena,” said “Field of Schemes” author Neil DeMause.
Oh.
If you want to see for yourself if my eyebrows were actually raised, you can watch my interview segment here. Though I suspect mostly what you’ll learn is that FoxNews.com hasn’t quite figured out this whole conveying-audio-over-the-Internet thing. Also, that I have a really old phone.
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