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Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer
Evaluation of alternative financing plans for the baseball stadium
Summary table of all alternate plans
March 15, 2005

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Alternative Financing Plans for Baseball Stadium - Summary Table of All Plans

Criteria for Financial Consideration: 

  1. Plan must reduce total amount of bonds the District would need to issue.

  2. Plan must reduce the Ballpark Fee needed to support debt service.

  3. Plan should provide additional financial benefits with minimal additional risk.

  CERTIFIED NOT CERTIFIED (in Alphabetical Order)
  District Bond Issuance Deutsche Bank The Gates Group Baseball Village Associates DC Baseball Stadium Associates DSG Capital Group The Dubois Group Global Development Partners HooverMilstein
Total Project Cost $486.2M $486.2M $486.2M $765.1M $601.6M $607.7M $578.4M $543.5M $486.2 M
Amount of Bonds to be Repaid from District Revenues (including issuance costs) $534.8M $88.1M (plus $405 in monetization)
OR $0 (plus $493M in monetization)
$340M-$509M (plus $26-$175M in monetization) $845.4M $606.98M
(plus $101M in 1% return on equity)
$642.3M $417.9M $585.6M $538.1M
Total Annual Repayment from District Revenues1 $44.3M $29.5 OR $37.1M $46.5M, based on $100M upfront payment $70.9M $52.3M $60.3M $35.5M $53.8M $46.4M first 10 years, $43.3M next 5 years, $39.0M remaining 15 years
Ballpark Fee $14M annually for 30 years $5.7M average annually for 30 years OR $14M annually for 3 years to establish reserves, $0 for remaining 27 years $6.9M average annually for 24 years to establish reserves, $0 for remaining 6 years, based on $100M upfront payment $34.9M average for three years until TIF revenues materialize; then $7.5 M average annually for remaining 27 years $6.6M average annually for 30 years $30.5M average annually for 30 years $9.9M average annually for 30 years $22.6M average annually for 30
years
$22.8M average for first 15 years until HM bonds retired; then $6.8M average annually for remaining 15 years
Guarantee Required Bond insurance Bond insurance OR reserve built from Ballpark Fee to act as guarantee $40 million upfront payment can act as guarantee Unspecified GO 80% of Stadium Rents and Taxes Unspecified Guarantee for
years 3-6
Perfected  Pledge for Stadium Rents & Taxes
Legal Issues   No legal obstacles to plan No legal obstacles to plan It may not be legal for the District to acquire land through eminent domain & transfer it to a private entity without a redevelopment
plan or a competitive bidding process
Risk to investors that IRS may contend that tax benefits should be reduced or
recovered over a longer period of time
It may not be legal for the District to acquire land through eminent domain & transfer it to a private entity without a redevelopment
plan or a competitive bidding process
It may not be legal for the District to acquire land through eminent domain & transfer it to a private entity without a redevelopment plan or a competitive bidding process It may not be legal for the District to acquire land through eminent domain & transfer it to a private entity without a redevelopment
plan or a competitive bidding process
It may not be legal for the District to acquire land through eminent domain and transfer it to a private entity without a redevelopment plan or a competitive bidding process
Other Costs of Plan   The structuring fee is approximately $2M more than a typical bond underwriting fee The District must create a “parking district” and dedicate revenues and taxes to repay the loan. The District would have to grant operational control of the “parking district” to Community Parking Services. The District gives up the development rights to the land leased to Gates  Delays associated with issuance of TIF bonds increase risk of overall project completion BSA and Major League Baseball share all increases in
revenue, above what is needed to service the debt. Council must assign taxes and parking revenues from the stadium to the team. District would need to renegotiate Baseball Agreement with MLB.
District must compensate DSG if the team moves before 30 years Based on preliminary due diligence, the OCFO is unable to verify the capacity of capital partner. District must provide Dubois with all government owned land including streets and alleyways and development rights within 52-acre site. District must rebate sales and parking taxes generated in area to Dubois. Must extend the 10% tax on concessions to
the entire 52-acre site
Delays associated with issuance of TIF bonds increase risk of overall project completion GDP would retain all tax revenues generated by the new development not required to pay debt service District must use any excess revenues from stadium rents and taxes to pay down the debt held by HM rather than reducing the Ballpark Fee
Benefits of Plan   Plan allows District to obtain more upfront dollars for stadium rents and taxes than the District would receive from the bond market. Plan would allow District to save approximately $40M by eliminating the need to bond for a debt service reserve fund and bond insurance. Amount of any reserve fund is optional. Allows District to employ a “new” revenue source, and to sell new “parking district” revenues, which would be difficult and expensive to sell in the bond market. Offers $40M reserve against potential shortfalls in “parking district” revenues for right to operate “parking district.” District shares in excess parking revenues. May accelerate economic development in area surrounding stadium. As manager of architect and construction company, BVA assumes cost overruns not initiated by District or MLB change orders. As manager of architect and construction
company, BSA assumes cost overruns not initiated by District or MLB change orders
May accelerate economic development in area surrounding stadium May accelerate economic development in area surrounding stadium. As manager of architect and construction company, Dubois assumes cost overruns not initiated by District or MLB change orders. May accelerate economic development in area surrounding stadium. As manager of architect and construction company, GDP assumes cost overruns not initiated by District or MLB change orders. May accelerate economic development in area surrounding stadium. As manager of architect and construction company, HM assumes cost overruns not initiated by District or MLB change orders.

1. Amounts assume 1.3x coverage on debt service. The required amounts could be reduced through the use of bond insurance.

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