KTBS3's Rick Rowe has done a feature from/about Ruston the last three mornings. This morning he was at the sports complex. thought i would share:
https://www.facebook.com/KTBS3/videos/654259785066559/UzpfSTE1NjkxNjY2NDY6MTAyMTQ1MjU5NzcwMTQzNzg/
KTBS3's Rick Rowe has done a feature from/about Ruston the last three mornings. This morning he was at the sports complex. thought i would share:
https://www.facebook.com/KTBS3/videos/654259785066559/UzpfSTE1NjkxNjY2NDY6MTAyMTQ1MjU5NzcwMTQzNzg/
Nice!
Amazing that a city the size of Ruston could do this.
Leadership with a vision and lots of energy.
It has cost the city a lot and will cost a lot going forward. I read somewhere that the complex helped bring in over $6million in revenue this year. With the completion of softball and tennis complex and hopefully football and soccer before much longer, let’s hope we can keep that up. That money was spread over our entire local economy. The complex will have to generate that kind of money on its own if we ever want it paid off.
The sports complex being built in Natchitoches is an albatross. Stupid voters (not me, I voted against it) approved a measure to take $11 million from the surplus infrastructure emergency fund and allocate it to the new park. Now the complex's cost is approaching $15 million, and it is still no where near being completed. The city council, led by the goofy, clueless mayor, has floated two bond issues, totaling $3 million, and have a $1 million charged to the city's credit card(s). By their own projections, as hopeful as they are, it will take 93 years to "pay back" the $15 million to city taxpayers.
Now, our water bills are huge to support necessary maintenance/replacement of decaying water pipes. And don't even get me started on our crumbling streets...
For Ruston's sake....taxpayers especially...I hope they don't have a moron in charge.
anyone that was against this facility and is still against this new sports complex doesn't understand travel baseball and softball and the money it brings in. think the next phase to be complete by 2022 includes an indoor facility
How much revenue did the complex bring in on it’s own? Can it pay the maintenance costs of the facility? Was there a noticeable difference in sale tax revenues as a result of the complex?
Dixie Youth Baseball World Series alone in July: $6,280,799.88 economic impact with 76 teams and 13K spectators in Ruston & Lincoln Parish.
https://www.rustonlincoln.com/blog/74/Dixie-Youth-World-Series-Honored-as-a-2019-Champion-of-Economic-Impact