Sports

Should stadiums be publicly funded?

For

They create jobs, tourism, and community spirit.

Against

Taxpayers should not pay for private sports profits.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • I understand the argument that keeping an NFL team brings jobs, tourism and a ton of economic activity to a region.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • I actually support taxpayer funded stadiums. Let the taxpayers foot 50% of the bill. Then take the stadiums revenue each year, divide it by two,
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • Not one dollar of public funding or tax breaks should go to a billionaire or stadium.
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • So the cost of the new stadium is transferred to (mostly) working class taxpayers for for the benefit of billionaire owners and multi-millionaire players.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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