Cities should not pay for new stadiums

Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by spacemanmatt on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:09AM (#30683516)

Sports and sporting events are a net harm to me. I don't attend, the traffic costs me, and I'm taxed for it. So team owners can get bent and start buying their own stadiums.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by colinmhayes on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:38AM (#30686646)

We live in a society. The question that the government asks when deciding whether to do an intervention isn't "will this benefit spacemanmatt?" it's "will this benefit our community?" I'm sure the government does things that you like and others don't care for.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by spacemanmatt on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:01PM (#30689578)

Thanks for that analysis but it's not about me. The point is benefits go to a very small minority, and that's not a sustainable way to govern.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by colinmhayes on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:41PM (#30690388)

> The point is benefits go to a very small minority

60% of Americans enjoy watching football according to https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108544/american-footbal....

Even the 33% who strongly enjoy isn't a small minority. If a team decides to leave because the local city won't build them a stadium, it's very reasonable to think a majority of the local residents will be upset.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by spacemanmatt on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:28PM (#30691977)

It's not a public good. It's a private enterprise and preferential entertainment, even if 99 or 100% of the population enjoy it.

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