• okcthunder5566@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Right but have you looked more in depth into these studies? Just because someone is professor of something doesn’t mean people aren’t paying them money to say what other people want to hear. I mean just literally think about what you said to me you are comparing a Billion-dollar stadium to a department store. I have never taken an economics class but I’d be willing to wager a hefty bet that this stadium would have a far greater impact than a department store.

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      1 year ago

      Again, I am not against stadiums or sports. The argument to build them based on them bringing an economic boom to an area is disingenuous.

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        1 year ago

        But I believe it would bring an economic boom it’s not about necessarily getting direct value out of a stadium. It’s about getting super wealthy people to want to invest in the future of OKC. The best way to do that is to get them near the city and want to be around it, therefore nothing attracts the wealthy like a state-of-the-art arena.