So spot on - privatizing the profit while socializing the cost. I’ve followed this power play drama for over 50 plus years in various sports cities. Cincinnati is going through it with the Bengals stadium. It’s ironic that these leagues ( MLB and especially the NFL) cry poverty when they are taking in billions of dollars. It’s a crime, especially when we can’t seem to fund healthcare or education. One last parting shot is that these stadiums provide economic benefits. What it provides are low wage stadium jobs and a nice place for affluent people to spend their money. If the stadium wasn’t built, people would spend money elsewhere. It’s not magic in that money is suddenly created. Keep up the good work
8-9 years ago when the Rangers started making noise they wanted a new ballpark, you suddenly started seeing stories in the local news that the Rangers were looking at downtown Dallas and here are a few plots of land that would be great for redevelopment and a ballpark. I have no proof of this, but I am 99% certain these were "stories" from the Rangers fed to friendly media sources to make sure voters in Arlington better come up with some tax dollars...or else.... And what did the taxpayers of Arlington get? A ballpark that looks like the unholy love child of Cowboys Stadium and a metal shed from Home Depot. Although I am going to the game on Saturday to see my Tigers and am oh so glad it's indoor. I'm morally opposed to indoor baseball, but not when it's July in Texas.
This pushing for ever expanding profits is going to eventually blow up in these sports leagues faces.
It is going to happen in college football even sooner.
I grew up outside Philly and the same thing was going on there in the 80s. Believe it or not there were veiled threats at that time about moving the team to Arizona. Thankfully the Cardinals made that move first (to the dismay of St Louis folks).
So spot on - privatizing the profit while socializing the cost. I’ve followed this power play drama for over 50 plus years in various sports cities. Cincinnati is going through it with the Bengals stadium. It’s ironic that these leagues ( MLB and especially the NFL) cry poverty when they are taking in billions of dollars. It’s a crime, especially when we can’t seem to fund healthcare or education. One last parting shot is that these stadiums provide economic benefits. What it provides are low wage stadium jobs and a nice place for affluent people to spend their money. If the stadium wasn’t built, people would spend money elsewhere. It’s not magic in that money is suddenly created. Keep up the good work
8-9 years ago when the Rangers started making noise they wanted a new ballpark, you suddenly started seeing stories in the local news that the Rangers were looking at downtown Dallas and here are a few plots of land that would be great for redevelopment and a ballpark. I have no proof of this, but I am 99% certain these were "stories" from the Rangers fed to friendly media sources to make sure voters in Arlington better come up with some tax dollars...or else.... And what did the taxpayers of Arlington get? A ballpark that looks like the unholy love child of Cowboys Stadium and a metal shed from Home Depot. Although I am going to the game on Saturday to see my Tigers and am oh so glad it's indoor. I'm morally opposed to indoor baseball, but not when it's July in Texas.
Yeah, so much bullshit and propaganda.
This pushing for ever expanding profits is going to eventually blow up in these sports leagues faces.
It is going to happen in college football even sooner.
I grew up outside Philly and the same thing was going on there in the 80s. Believe it or not there were veiled threats at that time about moving the team to Arizona. Thankfully the Cardinals made that move first (to the dismay of St Louis folks).
The downside of a supply and demand economic system.