{"id":2283,"date":"2007-03-13T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2007\/03\/13\/pittsburgh-penguins-arena-negotiations-complete\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T17:47:48","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-arena-negotiations-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/pittsburgh-penguins-arena-negotiations-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Arena Negotiations Complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, according to this article, the negotiations between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh\/Pennsylvania government officials has reached a happy ending.<\/p>\n

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This after the greedy Pens owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Buerkle publicly and insultingly declared an impasse mere days ago.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m concerned about the negotiation lessons that people will try to draw from Lemieux and Buerkle\u2019s adversarial approach to the negotiation. At a glance, it appears that bullying and threats were the way to go.<\/p>\n

I disagree.<\/p>\n

I believe that same urgent meeting in Philadelphia could have been held and produced the same results without the tough-guy tactics that are akin to Chris Simon\u2019s recent stick attack on a New York Ranger.<\/p>\n

So why did Lemieux and Buerkle resort to these tactics?<\/p>\n

One reason may be that it was a good opportunity to Buerkle to establish himself as a feared negotiator for future business deals. He probably wants others to think \u201cDon\u2019t tick this guy off \u2013 he\u2019s a loose cannon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another interesting thing I want to point out about the negotiations is that, in the \u201cimpasse\u201d letter, Lemieux and Buerkle cited the $3.6 million in annual rent and $400,000 in annual capital improvement payments and claimed that \u201cWe can do no more.\u201d However, according to the article linked at the beginning of this post, the Pens agreed to pay . (swfacenter.com<\/a>) 8 million in rent, $400,000 in capital improvement payments, and $500,000 for a parking garage.<\/p>\n

So when suppliers say \u201cWe can do no more,\u201d take it with a grain of salt. Because if that [sarcasm]esteemed negotiator[\/sarcasm] Governor Rendell can get a better deal from a supposedly tough negotiator like Buerkle, you can too.<\/p>\n

One last complaint: I despise how the politicians are saying no taxpayer money is being used for this arena. $15 million per year is coming from funds generated by State requirements that allowed gaming in our state. That money could have been used for other taxpayer-benefitting programs, so arena funds are essentially funds out of our pockets. It also could be used to reduce the PA income tax that Rendell raised early in his first term.<\/p>\n

Is having this particular team \u2013 as opposed to an expansion or relocated team \u2013 playing in Pittsburgh really the highest priority for the people of Pennsylvania? A higher priority than education, helping other businesses that can create jobs, or even having safer roadways?<\/p>\n

There should be a T-shirt that says \u201cI let gambling and all of its baggage into my hometown and all I got was this lousy arena.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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