UPDATE; MY APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY TO ANYONE WHO TRIED TO VIEW THE WEBSITE, "FINISHTHEBALLPARK.COM" MENTIONED BELOW, YESTERDAY, IT WAS APPARENTLY DELAYED, BUT AS OF 4:40pm TODAY IT IS UP AND RUNNING AND HAS SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION THERE
The Hartford Yardgoat's stadium mess is about to heat up more. But this time the mess is going to hopefully offer explanations and related , relevant documents.
Bob Landino, of Centerplan, the developer for the Stadium will be announcing the launching of a website this afternoon to present Centerplan's side of the story.
According to a source, the website will be launched shortly after 5:00PM at http://finishthe ballpark.com. The site is promised to furnish documents including correspondence between the City and Centerplan that might actually explain the delays and difficulties in the Construction of the Stadium
Hopefully it will provide some much needed answers as to who is telling the truth in this drama. Bob Landino has been relatively silent up to this point, but as charges regarding his business continue to be hurled, he seems to have come out swinging this week to defend his reputation.
May the best man win. Once again, the site should be live, this evening, check it out here http://finishthe ballpark.com
No one is going to come out ahead with prolonged litigation. We will have huge legal bills at the same time as we are paying the debt service for the next 25 years on an unfinished stadium until it is done.
Smarter heads need to prevail here. The entire Hartford Stadium Authority needs to be replaced immediately and a competent group needs to be put in place to oversee the completion of thew ball park.
Centerplan, Bodb Landino, Luke Bronin and anyone else involved need to put the ego's aside and admit they screwed up.n The completion dates and the construction schedule were not realistic and no one really knew what to expect in the timetable because they were never involved in a project of this scope.
I think most people will accept that the project has been a mess, but we also realize that it will be a beautiful facility when it is complete. Again, shut down the ego's, end the animosity and sniping at each other. Issue a statement that the City , Centerplan, and the Yardgoats are talking and regrouping to get the Stadium done. It will be completed and a realistic date of opening for the 2017 baseball season is the goal, and all parties will work together to get that goal met under the guidance and direction of a Stadium Authority that gets it.
The back and forth and a prolonged legal battle will benefit no one except the attorneys.
Smarten up, act like adults and get the ballpark done
If smart guy Landino has so much to say about this, let him take it to court. Maybe he'll make his $$$ through litigation. Go ahead Bob, sue Hartford.
ReplyDeleteget the facts and I think you might see that Hartford could very well be the ones paying
ReplyDeleteLET A JURY AND A JUDGE DECIDE
ReplyDeleteand who do you think pays for that?
ReplyDeletePlaying this out in the media is never a good idea. And will weaken their legal position.
ReplyDeleteSomeone is going to pay. Lawsuits will figure that out. Yes, a few lawyers will get their pound of flesh, and it could take a while, that's the price for failure and disagreement.
ReplyDeleteIf there can be a reasoned settlement without lawsuits, all the better, but a bad rushed deal is not the right way. Accept that the Yard Goat Freeloaders won't be here in 2016, bring in experienced people, replan, and don't rush to another half baked bad deal.
That link to Landino's site doesn't work. When I typed it in correctly, I get a parked GoDaddy domain page.
ReplyDeleteHow much stadium legal work wil the former Councupilman Wooden's law firm get?
ReplyDeleteJust like the stadium Centerplan can't even set the website up accurately or on time. Probably a pending change order.
ReplyDeleteWow, that helped explain everything. Just like the stadium, the website is dead.
ReplyDeleteGo work for these people, Rudnick and Landino, at Centerplan. No Cener and No Plan. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Add all the lies we've heard in the past 6 months and you get what we have now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a disaster, looking more like the city really F'ed this one up beyond repair, no way centerplan could have completed the issued changes prior to the agreed upon date, still cant believe there were no earlier change orders or directives wer issued on this project prior to these CCD's in april.
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