Seibu Lions use Red Sox money to upgrade rest rooms, encourages patrons to drink more beer

(NY Times): "With the $51,111,111.11 posting fee the Lions earned from the Red Sox in the deal, they renovated the drab, outdated Seibu Dome, constructing concession stands and seating, resurfacing the playing field, installing an enormous video scoreboard and, most notably, building magnificent bathrooms with electronically warmed toilet seats....

• “If the bathrooms are nice and convenient, then you do not hesitate

• to buy another cup of beer,” Takahashi said."...

From NY Times, "Seibu Lions' Porcelain and Plastic Memorial to Matsuzaka: Plush Bathrooms" by David Waldstein, 5/2/09

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