[Alberta's Child]

Any city that provides a nickel of financial support for something as extraneous to the well-being of this nation as a sports venue is asking for trouble. One of the few success stories in New Jersey over the last year or so has been the demise of an idiotic plan to build a taxpayer-funded arena for the NBA's Nets and the NHL's Devils.

Here in this corner of the country the "problem" is exactly the opposite of what Memphis is facing -- we can't even find more than a dozen people who would give a sh!t if every sports team in this region disappeared tomorrow.

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[Wolfie]

Come on Willie, you better than anyone should know the economic miracles new tax-payer funded stadiums can perform. After all, Heinz Field and PNC Park reallly pulled Pittsburgh out of the hole, didn't they?

[Loyalist]

Isn't it amazing how municipal governments keep falling for that same old line that a new stadium will attract all manner of business to the area?

[vetvetdoug]

Memphis is a dying city. The city continues to lose its tax base via white flight and the ones that are going to spend money at an arena have left Memphis long ago. Memphis has a dangerous downtown due to the ethnic crime. Most of those that live close to the downtown area are just waiting for another reason to riot so they can loot what's left.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Hey Willie - you're posting an article on BUILDING and EXPANDING - there's no layoffs or downsizing in the article :-)

[ServesURight]

You know that taxpayer-financed playgrounds have reached a new low when even the legendary Green Bay Packers begged Brown County taxpayers to foot the bill for a $300M+ renovation of Lambeau Field that's going to be obsolete by the end of the decade.

[HeadOn]

Ping!

[lelio]

Even so, Memphis and Shelby County politicians said the expense of a new arena was necessary to land the marquee names and international exposure of the NBA.

Hm. I wonder if he'll fund an arena for me as he'll get the international exposure of The Lelio Experience.