antattackMar 2022Strongly recommends
John Oliver already settled this in 2015. After watching it, it's pretty clear that cities should not pay for stadiums. ▶ this video
in “Cities should not pay for new stadiums” · View on HN
Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2016–2022.
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on cities spending public money on privately owned sports stadiums, including how tax-exempt municipal bonds subsidize them.
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Pointed to in debates over stadium subsidies as a persuasive case that cities should not pay for stadiums.
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“After watching it, it's pretty clear that cities should not pay for stadiums.”
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joshstrangeFeb 2016Recommends
John Oliver did a good piece on this as well and how crazy it is that the public pays so much for these things: ▶ this video
in “Why a city should not build a stadium for an NFL team” · View on HN
toomuchtodoOct 2017Cites it
> Hey if it works for sports stadiums why can't it work to create a company town Because it doesn't work for sports stadiums. It works in the sense of corporate welfare, but it is not a net gain for the community. [link] [link] [link] ▶ this video It's sad watching cities fall over themselves to give Amazon (a half a trillion dollar company) a handout. Handouts no one can afford . > (but where cities take the hit if the company town fails) As a country [1], states [2], and many municipalities [3], we're very much insolvent as it relates to future obligations. Could we please stop supporting reckless behavior making it worse? [1] [link] [2] [link] [3] [link]
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