Billions and Billions
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Do we need this?
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@Jolly said in Billions and Billions:
Do we need this?
Not just no, but FUCK NO! Taxpayer monies should be spent on more worthwhile projects, like...subsidizing electric cars.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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That's a hard thing to quantitate. They bring in more money to an area, as noted with Jerry's World (Cowboy Stadium). The stadium becomes an experience in and of itself. Even with a mediocre team. Another example would be The Black Hole in Las Vegas.
But do they bring in enough money to offset their cost to the public?
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Are you sure you don’t mean threatening to stay?
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When we lived in Foxborough we definitely noticed the benefit of having the Pats there - taxes were relatively low, and we had a bunch of new stuff being built - fire and police station, big upgrades to the library etc.
On the negative side, we had to put up the pick-up truck and loser-cruiser brigade coming into town in their thousands to watch the games and also stadium events, which often caused more disruption than the games.
However, Foxborough is a small town, and Bob Kraft funded 100% of the stadium. I'm not sure that a big city would notice the benefits nearly as much.
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@Jolly said in Billions and Billions:
Do we need this?
Not just no, but FUCK NO! Taxpayer monies should be spent on more worthwhile projects, like...subsidizing electric cars.
@George-K said in Billions and Billions:
@Jolly said in Billions and Billions:
Do we need this?
Not just no, but FUCK NO! Taxpayer monies should be spent on more worthwhile projects, like...subsidizing electric cars.
Bread and circuses.
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