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Originally Posted by twister244
It's not that we don't want these things.... It's that we aren't willing to shell out billions of taxpayer dollars for it. It's not worth the cost.
Think about what could be done for the city with a billion dollars going into infrastructure, trails, parks, etc instead of building a football stadium that really only gets used a very small fraction of the time.
I lived close to the Broncos stadium in Denver, and the damn thing was empty 99% of the time. They have a plan for an entertainment district, but driving by it was depressing because it's a huge chunk of land in the city that just sits empty.
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Am I missing where the public is on the hook for this? Do you live in Arlington Heights? I don't see where that state is paying for this or the County.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/politi...nga-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/b...mka-story.html
State officials are not contemplating paying for a new stadium, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a fellow Democrat, has said. He left it up to the municipalities involved to decide what investment they may want to make. Some state lawmakers, meanwhile, have been downright hostile to the idea of providing corporate welfare for the deal. One proposed resolution would prevent the state from using taxpayer money to build new professional sports stadiums.
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If they are I would like to see it.
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#5 Chicago Bears
Team Value1
$5.8B Calculated August 2022
Owner(s)
McCaskey Family
Championships
9
Year Purchased
1920
Price Paid
$100
Revenue
$520M
Operating Income
$156M
Debt/Value
2%
Player Expenses
$234M
Gate Receipts
$74M
Wins-to-player cost ratio
68
Revenue per Fan
$17
Metro Area Population
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