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smoking357

(42 posts)

5. Let Teams Build Their Own Stadiums

Reply to Egalitariat (Original post)

Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:52 AM

Apr 2012

If the public is to build the stadium, then let the public eminent domain the team. We must abandon this corporatist model where profits are privatized and costs are socialized.

Sports teams are always money losers for cities. Good job, Minnesotans.

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Minnesotans - do you think you were well represented in the recent Vikings stadium vote? [View all] Egalitariat Apr 2012 OP

taxpayers should not subsidize private enterprise....nashville built a stadium for bud adams spanone Apr 2012 #1

The vikings are going to move to LA Rambis Apr 2012 #2

As a Lions' fan, I feel your pain. Octafish Apr 2012 #3

Norris Division? You must be a hockey fan. KamaAina Apr 2012 #26

In my opinion, taxpayer dollars, no matter how they are collected, MineralMan Apr 2012 #4

Let Teams Build Their Own Stadiums smoking357 Apr 2012 #5

Considering that $400 million-plus are being supplied hifiguy Apr 2012 #6

Agreed, and well-said, with a little bit to add: Brickbat Apr 2012 #15

Good points. hifiguy Apr 2012 #17

Professional sports revenues primarily come from TV, radio, internet, etc FarCenter Apr 2012 #7

It provides more income for the owner Kaleva Apr 2012 #9

All the more reason why the individual owner should pay for the individual stadium FarCenter Apr 2012 #11

You hit it on the head. hifiguy Apr 2012 #12

Ford Field, completed in 2002, cost about 430 million. Kaleva Apr 2012 #16

Is the Green Bay Packer model valid anywhere else ? libinnyandia Apr 2012 #8

No. League rules prohibit it but G.B. was grandfathered in. Kaleva Apr 2012 #10

Would it work anywhere else if the rule was changed? libinnyandia Apr 2012 #13

Maybe. I really don't know the reason why the NFL prohibits publicly owned teams. Kaleva Apr 2012 #14

Honestly? 99Forever Apr 2012 #18

One of my brothers owns stock in the Green Bay Packers. Kaleva Apr 2012 #19

It's just another face of the corporate supremacist hydra, Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #21

But Green Bay is the only team in the NFL owned by a corporation. Kaleva Apr 2012 #22

I always thought Green Bay's was a public corporation tied to the city Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #23

William Clay Ford Sr. is the sole owner of the Detroit Lions. Kaleva Apr 2012 #25

I always thought Anita McCambridge was the best owner AngryAmish Apr 2012 #28

You wouldn't be interested in the viewpoint of mnmoderatedem Apr 2012 #20

Fuck, NO! I am opposed to any new stadium paid for by the taxpayer. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #24

This has to stop AngryAmish Apr 2012 #27