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Re:Amazon's electricity rate discounts have pushed up utilit... by wgerard on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:57PM (#17802164)
LA (along with NY and maybe Chicago) is the exception that proves the rule.

Most cities that tell teams to shove it just end up losing their teams to other markets: In this case, San Diego and St. Louis.

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Re:Amazon's electricity rate discounts have pushed up utilit... by CodeCube on Monday August 20, 2018 @02:01PM (#17802216)
But are they worse off for "losing" those teams?
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Re:Amazon's electricity rate discounts have pushed up utilit... by wgerard on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:38PM (#17803166)
Definitely a valid question! I think it's hard to define what "worse off" means here, mostly because it's hard to put a number on the value of entertainment to people (other than the obvious ones: ticket prices, etc.).

I get what you're saying, though - cities often give up a lot (and probably too much) to keep franchises happy.

I'm mostly just pointing out the major power disparity between LA and other cities: Major sports teams want to be in LA far more than LA wants a major sports team. That's not true of, say, Seattle or St. Louis or San Diego.

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Re:Amazon's electricity rate discounts have pushed up utilit... by cimmanom on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:04PM (#17802850)
NY already did the losing their teams to other markets thing, they just did it 60 years ago.
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