Take Us Out of the Ballgame – Are sports subsidies worth it?

July 27th, 2009 by admin | Filed under News.
ReasonTV asked:


It's a great time to be a sports fan: The NBA playoffs are shaping up, the NHL playoffs are underway, and the baseball season is young enough that followers of every team can still dream about making it to the World Series. But as Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals—a team that surely is not going to the October Classic any time soon—eases into its brand-spanking-new-and-massively-expensive stadium, reason.tv asks the question: Are publicly financed stadiums and other sports ...

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3 Responses to “Take Us Out of the Ballgame – Are sports subsidies worth it?”

  1. luddite333 | 28/07/09

    The answer is no. Thanks for posting this.

  2. Whoo69 | 29/07/09

    I remember a few years ago the fucking Cards wanted us to pay like 600 Million for a new stadium, I think. Of course, we now have a new stadium in STL, but I sure as fuck hope they didn’t use tax dollars for it. If I were the decider, I’d say “Fuck no! Get your own money for a stadium.”

  3. skyoverhead | 31/07/09

    thanks for the info

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