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They replaced the old “Sunbrero”, the first Bucs stadium with tax $$$, when Malcolm Glazer threatened to move the Bucs and whatever Malcolm wants Malcolm gets. $168 million (1996 $$) to build Raymond James and the taxpaying dupes in Tampa have yet to see any appreciable return on investment. Trop Feild is more suited for basketball or hockey because of catwalks that incredibly are LOWER in the outfield. And this design flaw actually affected the outcome of quite a few games. So, guess what? Stu Stemberg wants the taxpaying schmucks to buy him a new stadium, in St Pete or Tampa, or guess what, he’ll find another place for his pwecious widdle Rays to play. It’s not just the players acting like spoiled brats.

That whole stadium scam sickens me. Here in Pittsburgh, PA taxpayers funded over 90% of PNC Park owned by the Pittsburgh Pirates (and that owner is a scumbag ... basically a corporate welfare recipient that takes his profit and dumps it into his various ski resorts in the area ... doesn't really spend anything on the team), they funded a bit less than 90% of Heinz Field for the running man team that is an insult to the players of the 1970s (the NFL is a disgrace ... $250M for a playground used, at most, 20 times a year for NFL and college games ... I guess the offices are used year round), and they paid a substantial amount of money for the NHL team. We heard the same promises (grow the region, lots of this and that, makes Pittsburgh a world class city having 3 sports teams, , etc.). Population in the region has remained flat at best. By the time everything is said and done, it wouldn't shock me if taxpayers paid BILLIONS for those stadiums. The various governments that funded that garbage will be paying the interest on those bonds for decades to come. Our last playground, Three Rivers Stadium, was just paid off in 2016 ... they blew that up in early 2001. Taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars for game shows ... it is sickening.