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Originally Posted by Tacoman
Great and rational argument. An arena is part of the infrastructure and fabric of a city. It isn't used by a few people for a few events. It's used by far more people than most things that our tax dollars go to. People get so clouded on this issue and the Olympics. I want great facilities in this city for me, for others, for generations to come. Let's stop pretending that this is about billionaire owners and millionaire players. I want this to be a world class city with world class amenities and I'm more than willing to have our tax money provide for those things. Even better, let's get the Olympics so that we can magnify our tax spending with other people's money and get 6 times the amenities that we otherwise would be getting.
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I wholeheartedly agree. Having an arena with a sports team is more than just gate revenue at the arena. It's other tangible things such as the increase in business for bars and local businesses as well as the intangible things (youths getting into sports, buzz around the city during playoff time, tourism and even how the city is viewed by others). I can agree that tax payers should not fund the entire arena (not even half or a third) but I believe that some money should be used to help build the arena because there is benefit to the larger city.