As a opposite, the bulk of the funding for AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, aka Jerryworld, was put up by Jerry Jones. There were some city sales tax dollars, but it was eclipsed by Jerry’s investment, same thing that Arlington did for the Texas Rangers.
With SD, the taxpayers are already facing OMG taxes with Gov Moonbeam pushing for more and more taxes.
The ballpark in Frisco is beautiful and paid for by ownership. MLB. Nobody ever mentions that. They make billions and make taxpayers pay. Yeah moonbean has helped his ilk by making sure taxpayers pay for his deals.