Why taxpayer-funded sports stadiums don’t pay off

Time after time, any benefits resulting from these projects were consistently overshadowed by the massive costs to the public.

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Americans are crazy about sports. But whether that passion requires taxpayers to subsidize new facilities every time leagues and franchises ask for them needs rigorous scrutiny.

A lot of money is at stake. For 2025, the NFL reported some $14.5 billion in revenue, while the MLB collected an estimated $12.2 billion and the NBA earned almost $12........

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