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[Seattle Times] 15 years after moving Sonics, now it’s the Thunder asking for publicly funded arena
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There's very little musicians left who can draw crowds big enough to fill these places up. Especially in poor smaller markets. Then the NFL stadiums which are custom built for 8 home games a year.
This is the number one issue for me.
How many days a year is the average football stadium in use? The answer is “not nearly enough for it to be worth public resources”
The basketball stadiums do have artists that can fill them up but a football stadium is like Michael Jackson in his prime level seating.
Beyonce and Taylor Swift are the only two that can