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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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This is one of the biggest taxpayer rip-offs in the country. Under the guise of the limited jobs it creates. Study after study proves what a rip-off it is. New York taxpayers are about to foot 1 billion so the Bills can keep coming up short of expectations.
the "brings in local jobs" argument only makes sense when you consider that most political terms are 2 or 4 years. The opportunity to immediately "add" 1000+ construction jobs for 18 months is relatively easy compared to building up sustainable long-term industries.
Plus there’s no long term jobs gained because all of the day of game staff would also work at the old stadium. And that’s 9-10 days tops per year. So “part-time” work that equal 3% of the entire year lol
This isn’t really what bringing in jobs is about. It’s for the area around the stadium, such as bars and restaurants
And as unbiased economists continue to prove for the last 20 years, your claim is time and time again proven false.