Public funding for private football stadiums makes no more sense during a sound economy.
Stadiums .... we don’t need no stinking taxpayer funded stadiums.
calling a football stadium "private" is total nonsense. First of all, it is used during the football season for games which draw untold millions of dollars into the area. It is used, outside the football season, for a myriad of other money making situations...concerts, revivals, whatever.... The team cannot take the stadium with them if they leave. A stadium is a large, expensive, investment in a city's future and in most cases it is a VERY wise investment. While the Indianapolis motor speedway is truly a private facility, it has all the benefits of a public facility except that the locality does not necessarily get a cut of the pie. Other than the Green Bay Packers who probably do own Lambeau Field, other teams, which are normally not locked into an everlasting contract to stay put, could not possibly afford to erect a "private" stadium to house 8 or 9 home games.