Posted on 01/13/2012 4:53:08 PM PST by Libloather
Although your deductive logic is sound, its the underlying caveat that is in violation of just principles. IF the local government builds a stadium, they should require that users rent it at a market rate. I would also never build a football stadium unless I at least owned the rights to at least the name of the team to play in it.
Its better all the way around to keep the private and public separate and let the NFL do as they please with ticket sales, which currently appears to be overpricing them in the hope of getting only a higher middle-class ticket holder.
$250 per game for decent seats is not for the common folk, nor really even for people simply making $100,000 / year. I can take the family to the local baseball farm team and get great seats for the whole clan for under $50 or I can take them to an NFL game and drop $1000.
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