With baseball subsidies, taxpayers strike out before the first pitch
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These teams should pay for their own stadiums. It makes absolutely no sense to ask the citizens of a city/state to subsidize the new stadium via taxes then turn around and charge them $75 to get into the game. IMO they've already "bought their ticket". Yet this has seemingly become the norm in professional sports. At least in the NFL it seems.
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Well in the case of the Barves, Cobb County politicians had the deal set in stone through a series of secret meetings before the voters got wind. They purposely never had quorum in the meetings so it never had to be public. People were ticked because the money had been approved for park land purchases and they used that as a slush fun. The guy leading the deal has been voted out, but the damage had been done at that point.
That's basically what is happening in Harris County in regards to the Astrodome too. We've already voted to tear it down. They want to refurbish it and do something with it. I get that it's history...but geez, it would cost tens of millions if not hundreds of millions to bring up to code and update. But, politicians and their kickbacks...always wanting more from John Q Taxpayer.
Anybody ever stay in a hotel in Georgia? Then you have helped pay for the new dome that won't be ready on time.
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As bad as those deals are..............
The PTB, in Pittsburgh, decided they needed a new stadium for the Steelers and PieRats. The voters said "NO!"
The PTB decided to teach them a lesson. Not only did they ignore the "will of the people", they went with TWO stadiums, instead of one common-use stadium. So, the Steelers got one (and somehow got armPITT to play their games there), and the PieRats got one, for themselves.
I've always felt that living in PA was the closest I would want to come to living in a comm'nist country.
The PTB, in Pittsburgh, decided they needed a new stadium for the Steelers and PieRats. The voters said "NO!"
The PTB decided to teach them a lesson. Not only did they ignore the "will of the people", they went with TWO stadiums, instead of one common-use stadium. So, the Steelers got one (and somehow got armPITT to play their games there), and the PieRats got one, for themselves.
I've always felt that living in PA was the closest I would want to come to living in a comm'nist country.
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