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.
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We need separation of Sports and State.
Circus!! NO MORE TAXPAYERS MONEY!!
Jacksonville if facing the same issue with the Jaguars, the Owner wants 2 billion in renovations to the stadium and he’s pledging to put up 1 billion of his own money.
Circuses for the frogs in the pot.
Bread and circuses, without the bread!
Shahid Khan is worth $12 billion. If he doesn’t get what he wants, he can move to St. Louis.
More like prepping for a return to one of Satan’s favorite ancient “games,” Lions-vs-Christians.
The Roman promoters really did things right
They needed a show that would clearly excite
The attendance was sparse so they put on a fight
Threw the Christians to the lions, sold out every night
Give the people what they want!
You gotta give the people what they want!
The more they get, the more they need
And every time they get harder and harder to please
-The Kinks
“Who loves you, and who do you love?”
That’s happening in my town. Our new liberal mayor wants to spend TWO BILLION DOLLARS on a domed stadium to replace the open stadium our nfl team uses that was built in 1995.
Lambeau field in Green Bay is 66+ years old and I don’t hear those people crying about needing a domed stadium......know why? The people of Green Bay own it and know better than to piss money away on a new venue.
What we have here, is another lib wanting to spend everybody else’s money.
Most of the members here are still super obsessed with watching sports, I’m sure they are thrilled about this news. We’ll get to the revolution after the playoffs.
A great web site on this topic:
https://www.fieldofschemes.com/
Here are discussions of one boondoggle after another, one sport after another, one city after another.
This stuff is endless taxing average workers to subsidize rich owners.
It is totally disgusting.
“Our democracy”—nope—it is their kleptocracy (my new tagline).
We are WAY PAST BROKE!!
They might give it to you once after you get the Dome built but you'll never see the Super Bowl again.
Prisons and massive mental asylum skyscrapers in every major city are what we need. In addition to locked down addiction towers.
I'm down to just watching football on TV for most part.
A federal ticket tax could be used to fund local K-12 education.
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