Publicly funded sports stadiums, the grift that keeps on giving. Oh, what a...
the stadium scam
A perfect act for the Trump era. Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani has a long list of things she would spend $750 million in public money on, if it was.
The Raiders want to move to Las Vegas. They are their partners, i.e., the always lovely Sheldon Adelson, are demanding the city pay a mere $750 million for the stadium,.
The Washington Racists want a new stadium. Owner George Armstrong Custer Daniel Snyder wants that stadium to be publicly funded. And if there's one city that lacks any problems with poverty or income inequality and therefore should dump millions into subsidizing the toy of a...
While I feel bad for fans of the St. Louis Rams now that they have moved back to Los Angeles, it's hard not to feel the city has escaped a.
From the moment the Atlanta Braves announced they were moving from their downtown stadium that is all of 20 years old to the Cobb County suburbs, I was disgusted. Choosing.
Take $250 million from the University of Wisconsin, give $250 million to the owners of the Milwaukee Bucks to build a new arena.
Above: Boston Red Sox CEO, co-owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox, and extremely poor man Larry Lucchino. The Pawtucket Red Sox (or PawSox as they are known) is Boston's AAA.
The NFL says it wants a team in Los Angeles. And maybe it does. But it may well not because if it puts one there, it loses its favorite tool.
Even for stupid government-subsidized parking structures, the taxpayer subsidized parking garage in the Bronx is a classic case of setting money on fire. But at least the subsidy went to hurting the environment, so that's not as bad as Solyndra!
If only I thought Minnesota would hold the line: But the Vikings’ pitch stands apart from other N.F.L. stadium deals because it is running headlong into a vastly different economic.
No, I'm not discussing a Canadian perspective on the ignominy of losing to an inferior team, in their national sport, during the Olympics, in Canada. Though that must still sting.