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Message: [QUOTE="UCFBfan, post: 2450215, member: 2248"] Can’t really compare the two. DD Park was built with the intent of enticing contractors to develop the land around it so the city would get the benefits of that. So far that has resulted in nothing. Are lots of folks going to games? Yes. However, how many of them end up staying for dinner or going out for drinks after? Right now, not many. That could change if they can develop the land around there but right now it’s just a hope. Dillon is a different animal. It’s not located anywhere near downtown and the area around it is sketchy at best. Yes they have renovated the Colt building but other then that, there’s nothing. I don’t see how throwing city money to renovate it would benefit the city at all. It’s more likely people would not stick around after a game at Dillon then it is for a Yard Goats game. At least at DD Park you could walk to the downtown restaurants and bars if you wanted to. Not so much from Dillon. So I’m still sticking to my stance that throwing any city money at Dillon is a slap in the face to state tax payers who are paying to bail out Hartford already. Especially when an offer was on the table to do minor renovations with private funding. [/QUOTE]