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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
So the reason we have 'affordable' $120 tickets to NHL games is because government support of pro sports teams keep prices that low as a public service? 
It is quite comical for so many people who are passionate advocates of the red-blooded free market just shrugging off the necessity of spending hundreds of millions of public dollars to keep a private business viable.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if every jurisdiction at every level of government in North America made a binding pledge not to subsidize the construction of sports arenas. If we just left pro sports up to the market. Where would the money come from? Would prices increase? Would the salaries of the athletes decrease? Would owners get more creative with utilizing their sports facilities? Would we see fewer teams? Would the whole system simply collapse? |
I wish you could do this.
However, theres a lot more people like this than there are rational people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UfOfAvNVJU