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Originally Posted by Locke
Pretty much. It was a charity fundraiser. Its akin to a dunktank in Canada, but you know 'Murica, they go big.
I'm actually a bit torn on that John Oliver one. Its seems fairly shortsighted in a lot of ways. Hes absolutely bang on that some Governments have signed atrocious deals, I'll grant him that.
But just saying 'these people are billionaires, give them nothing!' isnt 100% accurate either.
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If it was easy to sell the economic impact of a new stadium there wouldn't be threats about re-location.
If it was easy to sell the economic impact of a new stadium, there would be an endless parade of economists on TV talking about those positive impacts.
If it was easy to sell the economic impact of a new Stadium, Ken King probably isn't talking about it in abstract for 6 years telling us how close it is and how much we'll like it.
Eventually a fish is just a fish.