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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Doubtful, but if one city makes a mistake, should the next?
Economically, there's no or very little benefit.
So is civic pride worth a billion dollars?
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It's not just one city making a mistake though. Every North American Arena built in recent history has had tax dollars go towards it in some way or another. It's just the way things are these days.
On the civic pride front, this proposal also includes the field house so there's an added dimension of public use. Maybe the funding model isn't perfect, but it's not "let's get a petition going to not spend any tax dollars on it all" bad.