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Originally Posted by Bandwagon Surfer
Sports arenas are such a scam. We take hunders of millions of tax payers money, gift it to billionaires to subsidize their toys, and get practically nothing in return.
They are promoted based on the idea that they will bring economic benefits to the region. When actually measured we repeatedly see that those economic benefits never materialize and are a tiny fraction of what was promised. But corrupt politicians ignore the economic realities, ignore all the real data, promote fantasies and lies about the project's economics so that they can funnel money to their friends while ignoring the hard problems they should actually be working on.
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This gets so old. Same recycled argument every time a new facility is brought up anywhere. Do you want professional sports or not? If you don’t like the scam then stop watching and supporting. It’s really simple. You don’t get a professional sports team without a facility and owners and cities both know what they are getting into with these marriages. I get that some taxpayers don’t like it but don’t be hypocritical and keep watching and supporting if it bothers you so much. As a sports fans I’m tired of hearing the whining in sports threads by the hypocrites. Go whine on Reddit or something.