If they get the taxpayers to build the stadium, the team owners make out like bandits. Probably some political donations in there too.
When I lived in Houston, they build Enron field on taxpayer money because the owner of the Astros threatened to leave town. I think it was like 250 million. Seems like if the city was really interested in helping the city, they might build something like, you know, schools.
For baseball you have around 80 home games a year to support a stadium, for the NFL 8. 8 days out of 365. Seems like the money could be better spent....
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Originally Posted by Matt L
Perhaps if they did a cost-benefit analysis and did it correctly (instead of simply listening to the NFL or whoever), the former would occur without the latter.
Are big sports teams really moneymakers for a city, given that they need so much care and feeding from the public? I don't buy it. Prestige is one thing that you can certainly buy, but it means little in the end.
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