Posted on 03/29/2022 5:58:14 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
As part of the agreement between New York state, Erie County and the NFL's Buffalo Bills franchise, Hochul advanced a $600 million proposal from the state budget. Erie County will provide $250 million and the NFL and Bills will provide a combined $550 million to build a $1.4 billion new stadium, the governor's announcement said.
the project will create 10,000 union jobs and New Yorkers can rest assured that their investment will be recouped by the economic activity the team generates," she added.
The $850 million in pledged taxpayer money is the largest public contribution toward any NFL stadium.
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Shouldn't there be a state wide referendum on this reckless use of taxpayer funds? How than this even begin to be legal.
And why is the government owning football stadiums, what next, all economic activity -SOCIALISM.
Enjoy the suck New Yuck.
They say that like it's a good thing.................
Yep, what a total waste. I wonder if this has anything to do with Hochul being from Buffalo, I'll bet she names it after herself.
New Stadium name: The Cuochul
“And why is the government owning football stadiums”
Gotta have a place to house conservatives, Christians, nonvaxxed gun owning white people don’t they?
$1.4 Billion for the sleepy town of Buffalo and the woke NFL is losing fans all the time. This is corporatism and just another reason I don't want anything with the sport I formally enjoyed. I hope the Bills, the NFL, Buffalo, and New York State all go belly up in their adventures into socialism.
The Bills have no financial risk, only NYS taxpayers.
And the taxpayers get nothing, except demolition costs in 20 years.
Can you belive this taxpayer rip-off!!!!!!! When was the last time the sheeple were forced to pay for some jackass billionaire’s football or baseball stadium? Quite a while I think
In recent years the billionaire team owners have built stadiums with their own money and loaned money. Such as the new SoFi 5 billion dollar stadium that two football teams use. This was 100% owner financed by the Ram’s owner, with some public monies being used to build new roads and highway access. Perhaps 100 million or so? This is reasonable to me and *not* a taxpayer ripoff.
We used to live in eastern Erie County approximately 12 miles from the current stadium in Orchard Park and were season ticket holders there. The taxpayers of Erie County will get royally screwed as they are also NYS taxpayers. This “public-private partnership” crap is just wrong. The ONLY people who should pay for this new stadium are the Bills and the NFL. They can recoup their “investment” by ticket sales. There should be NO public funding.
Of course.
More ‘bread and circuses’
let them eat...stadium?
Why is tax money used for these stadiums? The working saps that are paying the taxes will never see the inside of them. Can’t afford to.
I’m completely against tax money being spent on a wealthy playground.
Joe Robie Stadium in Miami was built with private money. All of them should be.
Nothing warms the heart of a legislator like the computer simulated view of the playing field from their new “comp” seats in the luxury suite.
In general the less attractive your location, the more leverage the teams have and public dough needed. The new LA SoFi palace was all private funding. Vegas was about 50/50.
Here in Indianapolis, it was actually 100% public funded over and above the cost of the stadium, as the Irsays get all the cash from all the events there, even stuff like high school games.
More gummit boondoggle spending.
The Cabal in Albany (and Gnu Yak Sitty) do not care a rats posterior about the “people” of NYS. We are but an ATM for their idiotic spending and social engineering, and with Dominion in every county but Albany, Erie and NYC, our “votes” mean merd.
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