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Taxpayer-Funded Sports Stadiums Are a Massive Scam (www.currentaffairs.org)
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/48101186

Instead, the people of major U.S. cities essentially pay for the privilege of spending more money once the stadium is fully built—or, as is becoming more common, paying for the privilege of being priced out of attending games when tickets go on sale. Not only can I not walk onto the 30-yard line of Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles—which was paid for in large part by public money in the early 2000s—I must pay at least a few hundred dollars on any autumn Sunday to even attend a game.

One of the biggest falsehoods that sports franchises and local governments peddle is that new stadiums will stimulate the local economy so greatly that any tax money spent on building the stadium will somehow funnel back into the pockets of the people. It’s the sports world’s version of “trickle-down economics,” and decades worth of data prove otherwise.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

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[-] Dadifer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

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[-] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

Stadiums do stimulate the local economy - for 2 blocks around the stadium. This is a zero sum game: all the stimulation comes from spending that would have gone to some other store more than 2 blocks away instead. Which is why it won't trickle-down - there is no change in the economy to trickle down. (Trickle down works better than those against it think, but not near as good as those for it think)

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