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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3826534, member: 27"] There are some areas of downtown that have really turned around in the last couple of decades. And some other areas that are still very troubled. This was a special opportunity to address a distressed area of downtown, and make downtown a more attractive place for businesses, prospective tenants, etc. Putting the new park where it was placed did nothing for the surrounding neighborhood. Many cities have improved their downtown areas significantly by moving their ballpark there. Syracuse/Onondaga County/NYS ignored the trends and got a lot less for return for a major investment than could have been had. That said, I like what I have read and seen about the changes to the park made for this season. I plan to attend a lot of games this season, even if the park is in a swamp that used to be a garbage dump. Go Mets! [/QUOTE]