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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Not that your comment deserves a reply but you're drawing the conclusion that only fans that pay for tickets benefit from the team being part of the community.
The vast majority of fans go to two or less games a year. Most go to none. They love their team and some sign up to forums to discuss their team, but they shouldn't have to pay anything for the benefit?
Edit: to reply to your edit, Jim and Judy do benefit. Also, the city isn't being asked to contribute $200M
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"Now, it’s easy to conjure up scenarios where a new hockey arena would benefit the public, but this has been disproven time and again by economic impact studies. Without going into too much detail, when you give tax money (or potential revenue through tax breaks or bonds) to help a private company build an arena or stadium, you are taking that money away from schools, hospitals or any other major public project that governments pay for. And don’t get me wrong – new arenas are awesome – but only a slice of a city’s population actually uses them and those folks still have to pay to get in (and most likely pay stunning amounts for parking)."