Subsiziding is actually not a bad deal. Especially in industrial cities in the RUST BELT like Pittsburg
The public funds for the first stadium were put to a vote and voted down. Then the State Legislature stepped in, bypassed the counties vote and put the tax and monies in place anyway.
Then the second vote was rigged to be statewide instead of county wide, even though the brunt of the taxes were in the City of Seattle.
Now the Sonics owners are trying the same crap the Mariners and Seahawks owners pulled off and people are pretty pissed about it. We're already on the hook for God knows how many hundreds of millions of dollars.
Bttt