If a city does this, I think they should be ineligible for federal funding if any kind for 10 years. They clearly don’t need the money, why should I (a taxpayer in another state) be subsidizing sports teams in a city (even if it’s in a roundabout way)?
If a city does this, I think they should be ineligible for federal funding if any kind for 10 years. They clearly don’t need the money, why should I (a taxpayer in another state) be subsidizing sports teams in a city (even if it’s in a roundabout way)?
For example, OKC received 122M in federal funding one of the past years (the website doesn’t say which fiscal year and I don’t care enough to dig much further). My point stands regardless if the year - if the city can find stadiums they don’t need my tax dollars. (https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/fiscalrecoveryfunds-metrocitiesfunding1-508A.pdf).