Cities should not pay for new stadiums

Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by jesusofnazarath on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @04:33AM (#30682914)

Thats not a subsidy, it's advertising. The best way to make a highly incompetent and ineffective organization (like the military) look good is by imagining it is good.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by baq on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:31AM (#30683294)

is there a difference except accounting?

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by TulliusCicero on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:50AM (#30683416)

The point is what you're getting back.

The studies on cities spending big on stadiums have been clear that the economic benefits are marginal at best, while the spending is big.

I dunno how big the benefits for the military are here, but they're probably not spending very much on letting movie makers borrow uniforms or use shots of F-35's in the background or whatever.

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