[zerosix]

Would you approve of a similar amount of tax dollars being given to foreign investors to build an "Opera/Ballet/Symphony Hall," on the basis that it would bring the finest opera singers, ballet dancers and European Symphonies to the area? Just asking as many people are more than happy to give land, revenue and future tax dollars for sports venues yet balk at doing the same for the arts.

I'm not pushing either, merely saying that it depends on what your pleasure is as to how you feel about stealing land and money from the taxpayers to support such "entertainment" that few of the same citizens desire or could afford to attend.

If the people/corporations desire such a track, let them raise the money, buy the land and build it themselves.

You can't refer to something as the "public good" when it only benefits a limited amount of citizens who actually like the sport/art.

[newzjunkey]

Race track = mass appeal = revenue generator.

Opera/Ballet/Symphony Hall? If it's not somewhere like NYC, forget it.

Personally? I agree with you. Any time a sports team wants to taxpayers to build or expand a venue, I vote HELL NO.

"Prop C" built a new baseball-only ballpark downtown for the Padres. They assured the fine people of San Diego it would allow them to be competitive where the old football stadium was just too vast and a poor experience for spectators.

The last I saw the team had the lowest payroll of any team and are perpetual basement dwellers—they're tied for last place.

There seems to be a scam, particularly in baseball, where owners pump up a team's roster leading into a public vote for a new stadium and once that's built everyone is cut and the team goes back to nothing. Team owners are basically millionaire and billionaire grifters.

[deport]

This for good or bad this is incorporated in the Texas Civil Statutes.

Texas' Trust Fund statutes are contained in three sections of state law covering the Other Events Trust Fund, the Sporting Events Trust Fund, and the Special Events Trust Fund.