While I agree that the sundial bridge should have been sold at cost, I have no doubt that it was made more expensive not for the cost of the bridge, but to fund a group of enviro-thugs who saw blood in the water. I also don't doubt that it will return far more than its cost over its lifetime.
How. The park is running a deficit that is covered by taxpayer money in addition to the $23 million for the bridge and who knows what other "contributions" by the taxpayers.