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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • The Stanley Cup (North American hockey trophy) has a full-time caretaker who travels with it. Every member of the winning team gets some time with it. They can show it off in their home town, eat their breakfast cereal out of it, whatever. It’s probably seen a lot of white powder. But this guy is always there to take care of it. And to wash it. Often multiple times per day.

    They recognized the consequences of sending the trophy traveling like they do, and instead of switching to a replica or something they got it a bodyguard.

    These kind of trophies that travel are the best. So much more interesting than the ones that sit in display cases all the time. But you have to either dump resources into protecting it or be willing to replace/repair when necessary.


  • That’s my assumption as well. New and renovated stadiums/arenas/etc. Are almost always funded by local taxes, despite the teams/promoters/etc. Who reap all the benefits being rich enough to build their own facilities. They hold communities for ransom and promise trickle-down economic benefits that never materialize.

    Lincoln specifically botched this with the new arena a few years back. They raised the property value around it so much that businesses couldn’t afford the rent. At least while I was there, the area was usually half-empty buildings. And the extra sales tax to pay for it hadn’t gone away several years after it supposedly would.