Kum & Gone

[Nor'MidWester]

I still don't understand why the general public doesn't think they should help pay for rich people's "hobbies" when they utilize the entertainment themselves. Just as a matter of principle. I don't look at stadiums any different than any other infrastructure projects honestly. You want big business and entertainment in your town you pay for it. I've lived in a few towns with pro sports teams and I guess I never expected to benefit monetarily from them. You rent basically rent them as a taxpayer the same way you pay monthly fees for things like Netflix. Just the way I look at it anyway.

Not all residents of Des Moines or Polk county want a local soccer team. And once we give them incentives now it's not like we get reduced ticket prices or something in the future. Sure if it's a success the city gets a lot of tax revenue from local businesses thriving etc

 

[Cyclone06]

If you don't pony up some other city will.

In this specific case, let them.

And in other cases, other cities will need to sack up too. Gone should be the days when the uber wealthy get incredible tax payer support, reap all the reward, and then cry foul, leading to more taxpayer support, when their bet fails.

 

[Jer]

 

[ScottyP]

If this stadium was more of a multi-use facility, it might make more sense. Wells Fargo Arena has multiple tentants and can be use for sports, concerts, conventions, etc that bring in a lot of revenue for the metro. This soccer stadium won't bring in enough value to make it worth the investment. I don't mind the city helping to invest in the site cleanup, but that is about it.

 

[KennyPratt42]

I still don't understand why the general public doesn't think they should help pay for rich people's "hobbies" when they utilize the entertainment themselves. Just as a matter of principle. I don't look at stadiums any different than any other infrastructure projects honestly. You want big business and entertainment in your town you pay for it. I've lived in a few towns with pro sports teams and I guess I never expected to benefit monetarily from them. You rent basically rent them as a taxpayer the same way you pay monthly fees for things like Netflix. Just the way I look at it anyway.

This would make sense if admission was free or even at cost for running and maintaining the venue. If you want to adjust for percentage of public funding to the project that's fine so let's say half the cost of the stadium is through public funding then half the cost of admissions is just at a maintain the stadium level. Then we are talking about the equivalent of required ticket sales to taxpayers in the form of public dollars going into a stadium project. While that still doesn't seem ideal, its way better than public dollars going into building something for a very wealthy person that then tries to generate as much revenue as they can from the general public in sales through the thing that the public helped build.

This would be like a multi-millionaire or billionaire building a private freeway, asking the taxpayer/end user to help pay for it, and then charging users tolls at the most profitable level then could while also keeping revenue from renting billboard space along the freeway.

 

[ISUTex]

Oh well. I can't remember the last time I've been inside a Kum & Go. **** them.

 

[NWICY]

Oh well. I can't remember the last time I've been inside a Kum & Go. **** them.

Of course not you're going to Buccees.

 

[Bigman38]

Oh well. I can't remember the last time I've been inside a Kum & Go. **** them.

I don't know where any are anymore, the ones I drive by are all closed

 

[Bader]

If this stadium was more of a multi-use facility, it might make more sense. Wells Fargo Arena has multiple tentants and can be use for sports, concerts, conventions, etc that bring in a lot of revenue for the metro. This soccer stadium won't bring in enough value to make it worth the investment. I don't mind the city helping to invest in the site cleanup, but that is about it.

Polk County also owns WFA, and when it was built it cost less than $120 million. Kinda laughable failson here is trying to get to half of that and still own the property afterwards

 

[Nor'MidWester]

If this stadium was more of a multi-use facility, it might make more sense. Wells Fargo Arena has multiple tentants and can be use for sports, concerts, conventions, etc that bring in a lot of revenue for the metro. This soccer stadium won't bring in enough value to make it worth the investment. I don't mind the city helping to invest in the site cleanup, but that is about it.

On their website it says " The stadium can also be used for concerts, festivals, and other sports."
Might just be promotional bs but I would think they'd try to get it used for more than just soccer because money

 

[kingcy]

Polk County also owns WFA, and when it was built it cost less than $120 million. Kinda laughable failson here is trying to get to half of that and still own the property afterwards

WFA also pays the county back when they have good years. No private company will do that..

 

[Messi]

Maverik’s Decision to Retire the Kum & Go Brand

Acquirer envisions multi-regional status, aims to compete in Midwest: analysis

www.cspdailynews.com

 

[Cyclone06]

Maverik’s Decision to Retire the Kum & Go Brand

Acquirer envisions multi-regional status, aims to compete in Midwest: analysis

www.cspdailynews.com

Yesssir! I will be a Maverik customer. Toady I go out of my way to avoid Kum and Go.

 

[Al_4_State]

End of an era. Old Kum & Go merch is gonna sell like hot cakes.

 

[Nor'MidWester]

Yesssir! I will be a Maverik customer. Toady I go out of my way to avoid Kum and Go.

As an ISU fan the Krause family sucks since they donate to the hoks but dang I do love the Kum & Go brand cuz it's funny so this is lame imo

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

You could see this coming from a mile away.

 

[cycloner29]

Yesssir! I will be a Maverik customer. Toady I go out of my way to avoid Kum and Go.

Damn it!! There goes the name I gave them "Spurt and Squirt".

 

[Bader]

Maverik’s Decision to Retire the Kum & Go Brand

Acquirer envisions multi-regional status, aims to compete in Midwest: analysis

www.cspdailynews.com

Maverik ○ く|)へ 〉 ￣￣┗┓ Kum & Go ┗┓ ヾ○ｼ ┗┓ ヘ/ ┗┓ ノ ┗┓

 

[alarson]

cuz it's funny so this is lame imo

Definitely didn't see a company based in Salt Lake City owning a company who calls its followers "Kummies" on social media

Guess I was right to begin with.

 

[Nor'MidWester]

Who is going to step up and start a new chain of gas stations in Cumming? We need a hero to standup to these foreign invaders from Utah and carry on the kum legacy.