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#stadiums — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #stadiums, aggregated by home.social.

  1. “Fool’s gold”: An economist tells us what a half-century of research shows: “Sports venues don’t generate a financial windfall for host cities.” Thus, subsidizing #stadiums is a waste of public money. Oh, and those mixed-use developments around stadiums? Well, they DO benefit the teams, he says, but do not repay the taxpayers. theconversation.com/sorry-tamp

  2. “Fool’s gold”: An economist tells us what a half-century of research shows: “Sports venues don’t generate a financial windfall for host cities.” Thus, subsidizing #stadiums is a waste of public money. Oh, and those mixed-use developments around stadiums? Well, they DO benefit the teams, he says, but do not repay the taxpayers. theconversation.com/sorry-tamp

  3. “Fool’s gold”: An economist tells us what a half-century of research shows: “Sports venues don’t generate a financial windfall for host cities.” Thus, subsidizing #stadiums is a waste of public money. Oh, and those mixed-use developments around stadiums? Well, they DO benefit the teams, he says, but do not repay the taxpayers. theconversation.com/sorry-tamp

  4. “Fool’s gold”: An economist tells us what a half-century of research shows: “Sports venues don’t generate a financial windfall for host cities.” Thus, subsidizing #stadiums is a waste of public money. Oh, and those mixed-use developments around stadiums? Well, they DO benefit the teams, he says, but do not repay the taxpayers. theconversation.com/sorry-tamp

  5. “Fool’s gold”: An economist tells us what a half-century of research shows: “Sports venues don’t generate a financial windfall for host cities.” Thus, subsidizing #stadiums is a waste of public money. Oh, and those mixed-use developments around stadiums? Well, they DO benefit the teams, he says, but do not repay the taxpayers. theconversation.com/sorry-tamp

  6. There are reasons to be skeptical of new #stadiums and #arenas in cities. They rarely live up to the promises their owners make. But at the end of the day, you need local gov’ts to make decisions: Do we allow this arena in this place or not? Philly is moving toward such a decision about an #NBA arena that some residents passionately oppose. Will it make the right decision? Maybe. Is it doing so after all have been heard? Absolutely. whyy.org/articles/sixers-arena