[from occupied ga]

Overwhelming support for NOT sticking it to the taxpayers, but the liberals are all still asleep so any no votes would be appreciated

[camle]

99% “no” i love it. bet they do it anyway.

[STONEWALLS]

...standard operating proceedure among NFL owners is to do whatever it takes to get public money....no matter how much it costs in the form of advertising/bribes/kickbacks ect. it’s worth it to them to do it...just watch...Arthur Blank will unleash a massive spending campaign to get this done....even if it’s voted down in a referendum, the Falcons will pay off city council to get it over turned.

[Pollster1]

It’s time for government corruption and favoritism to end.

[Daveinyork]

This is why I no longer watch professional sports. As much as I love to listen to Rush Limbaugh, his affection for the Steelers and the NFL is misguided. As a Pennsylvania taxpayer, I deeply resent the blackmailing of the state by the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh teams to get us to build them new stadiums.

Of course if Gov. Ridge had had any guts, he would have said, “Don’t let the door hit you on the ass.”

Study after study shows that building expensive sports stadiums does nothing to reverse urban decay.

[DeaconRed]

Blank voted YES.
Everybody else voted NO! ! ! ! ! ! !

[GizmosAndGadgets]

Thanks for pointing out this article and the poll. Add another “NO” vote to the list! If pro sports are supposed to be such great sources of revenue, they can pay for their own stadiums!

[Padams]

I voted no.

The Georgia Dome was built in 1992 so the stadium is 18 years old. How does its age compare with other NFL venues?

Blank has been trying to get a MLS soccer team franchise for Atlanta.

[panthermom]

Atlanta is BROKE!!! Imagine that!

[Bulldawg Fan]

Great win for the Falcons last night, but NO here.

[yldstrk]

I don’t see why the teams shouldn’t pay for their own stadiums and cut the pay for their overgrown boys on the teams

[meyer]

The NFL believes that a new stadium could bring the Falcons a superbowl. How about a winning team instead?

[meyer]

This really kills me - they pulled this stunt in Cleveland, Ohio in the late 1980's. They hoodwinked the county taxpayers into funding a new baseball stadium despite the old one being structurally sound and functional. They also used taxpayer funds to build a new downtown arena despite there being a PRIVATELY-FUNDED 21,000 seat arena in nearby Richfield, Ohio that served as a basketball and hockey arena for years and did so without any taxpayer money. The city of Cleveland basically forced the Richfield colosium to close, and did so with money stolen from taxpayers.

Then, to top all that, they bent the law to allow them to later use the same taxpayer funds to build a new football stadium, this time without voter approval. They decided that it was OK to misappropriate funds that were designated for the baseball stadium to build a football stadium so that the new Browns could have a place to play (and lose repeatedly).

My take - with the enormous sums of money that these teams have to pay out to players, they can easily afford to build their own playpens rather than have the taxpayers financially raped to build them. The money should come SOLELY from the teams and any donors that feel the need to help finance another useless sports facility.

[Nevadan]

On a side note, Harrah’s (the casino chain that coerced their employees to vote for Harry Reid in the recent election) is currently pushing a local initiative to get an arena built on their property in Las Vegas. It would be paid for by an increase in Nevada taxes and an increase in tourist taxes. They are presenting the plan under the guise of it it being a way to create jobs and to attract a National Basketball Association team, and/or a National Hockey League team, but they don't want to pay for it themselves. They want others to pick up the tab while they profit off of it.

[dynachrome]

If it’s so worthwhile, let the Falcon’s owners do it!

Link to poll: http://wsbradio.com/localnews/2010/11/wsb-poll-75.html

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