how many of them now are actually one purpose? Local example is AT&T Stadium (also known as "Jerry World") which in addition to the occasional Dallas Cowboys win also hosts a lot of UIL sporting events, high school football playoffs, motocross, monster trucks, rodeo events, and a bunch of concerts.
Nearby Globe Life ballpark has... well, baseball.
> And I've never seen a zoo threaten to leave town unless the city agreed to pay for a new elephant habitat.
Never seen one threaten to leave, but I've seen them threaten to close down exhibits.
1) We spend money on other types of cultural amenities all the time and nobody cares; and...
2) That spending is of an amount that lodges it appropriately within this conversation.
In fact, what the high salaries in sports reveal to me is that the public wants sports a lot more than they want museums.
So I guess that means we're at an impasse.
> You chose not to mention that, for reasons I think I know.
You should re-read my original comment, the one that started this truly silly subthread, which twice reveals that there are multiple organizations included in the district.
That's divided amongst 5 public organizations. Not all going to one billionaire.
"That tax raises 35 times the $5 million per year the city pays on the bond for the old Rams stadium"
Stadium for one purpose, for a team owned by a billionaire, who also left town.
The cost to the city was also far more than just $5 million a year; the total amount the city put behind the stadium was $280 million.
"Of course, HuffPo doesn't write any articles about the zoo tax, because literal rams in cages is a more noble use of money than figurative Rams throwing a football, one presumes."
Or maybe it's because NFL teams, with the exception of the Green Bay Packers, are owned by billionaires who could easily afford to build their own stadium.
And I've never seen a zoo threaten to leave town unless the city agreed to pay for a new elephant habitat.