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Plans abounding for new sports stadiums across the US, carrying hefty public costs
AP ^ | DEC. 23, 2023

Posted on 12/23/2023 8:39:59 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Standing on a portable stage erected at home plate of the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recently praised the professional baseball team as an “essential part” of the state's “culture and identity” and “economic success.”

With fanfare, Evers then signed off on $500 million in public aid for the stadium's renovation, adding to a remarkable run of such blockbuster deals. This year alone, about a dozen Major League Baseball and National Football League franchises took steps toward new or improved stadiums.

A new wave of sports facility construction is underway. One driven, in part, by a race to keep up with rivals and one that could collectively cost taxpayers billions of dollars despite skepticism from economists that stadiums boost local economies.

Though the Brewers primarily cited a need for repairs, many of the other new projects are much more than that. In some cases, sports teams are even seeking a new jolt of public funding for state-of-the-art stadiums while public entities are still paying off debt from the last round of renovations a couple of decades ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at ny1.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: arenas; sportsstadiums; stadiums
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To: Salman

“ We need separation of Sports and State.”

I remember a day when we ridiculed the Soviet Union for the government being deeply involved in every aspect of society and culture. We noted our superiority in that the government and politics was not involved in every single thing in life. Guess that’s over here.


41 posted on 12/23/2023 9:11:23 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yep. Orwell said in 1984, just give them lots of football and beer and they will be a cinch to control.


42 posted on 12/23/2023 9:12:56 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: dfwgator

“ And the worst part is enduring all the woke commercials.”

The commercials are the point of it.

As Lenin predicted, capitalists selling communists the rope.


43 posted on 12/23/2023 9:13:04 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: dfwgator

“ It’s called Corporate Socialism.”

A new name for fascism…imagine that.


44 posted on 12/23/2023 9:13:11 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (“We should not assume civilization is robust”)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

This kind of Fascism is more subtle than Mussolini’s. But the end result is the same.


45 posted on 12/23/2023 9:15:13 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’s not going to leave anytime soon, Khan has put a lot money into the area surrounding the stadium and add a number of amenities to the current stadium, easily over 100 million dollars worth of improvements, he’s also going to develop the riverfront land near the stadium that has sat vacant for many years, the plans include a 4-Seasons Hotel.

To his credit, he’s put his money into the stadium and the surrounding area which is why I think the improvements will happen.


46 posted on 12/23/2023 9:17:00 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: Angelino97

in 2022 the average attendance at NFL games was over 69,000. The NY Jets averaged 78,000.


47 posted on 12/23/2023 9:18:15 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Entertainment/Sports and Social Welfare Spending by NFP's and Government have replaced manufacturing as the major industries in this country.
48 posted on 12/23/2023 9:19:40 AM PST by Bernard (We honor veterans who fought to keep this country from turning into what it now is. --Argus Hamilton)
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To: Bernard

Bread AND circuses. This s on the citizenry, or should I say serfdomry.


49 posted on 12/23/2023 9:25:46 AM PST by Sirius Lee (I am going to keep SPAMming the meme "I see Freepers bickering..." where applicable)
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To: All

I’m sure the owners have enough money to build a new stadium or take out a loan from a bank


50 posted on 12/23/2023 9:27:56 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: escapefromboston

Rich people didn’t get rich by risking their own money.

They got rich by risking your money.

;-)


51 posted on 12/23/2023 9:30:03 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: dfwgator

which is also the definition of fascism
but no matter what we may call it, it stinks insofar as the taxpayers are concerned

while I personally would not favor taxpayer money spent on a sports arena, I would at least consider it if the tickets were affordable for normal American citizens

as things are, it is a total and complete ripoff and should be terminated forthwith, imho


52 posted on 12/23/2023 9:30:06 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

Check out the link in post 15.

There are close to one hundred reasons given to justify public funding/subsidizing of these stadiums.

Every single one of them is a lie.

This web site proves it blow by blow/stadium by stadium/all cities/all sports.


53 posted on 12/23/2023 9:32:44 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

thank you

I agree

sports for the “One Percent” is not a worthy recipient of massive taxpayer subsidies

far from it.


54 posted on 12/23/2023 9:36:33 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: MinorityRepublican

The nation is bankrupt, we are being invaded and politicians think welfare for billionaires to have a place for their over paid meat to play is most important? What mindless crap!!


55 posted on 12/23/2023 9:39:45 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sport is very rich so they should pay their own way


56 posted on 12/23/2023 9:42:10 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: MinorityRepublican

Will double as gladiatorial combat centers for killing Christians and conservatives under the Chelsea Clinton administrations in 2032.


57 posted on 12/23/2023 10:02:10 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: DCBryan1

58 posted on 12/23/2023 10:03:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

“lame halftime shows...”

Demonic is probably a more accurate description


59 posted on 12/23/2023 10:05:21 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bread & Circuses….. old as the Romans….


60 posted on 12/23/2023 10:51:54 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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