Unrelated to the public funding, I cannot fathom how often stadiums get replaced nowadays. Boston Garden was around for 70 years or so, MSG has been around for 60 years, Lakers used the Forum for 30 years, but it's still in operation today. How is it that the Thunder need a new stadium after 15 years?
I see the same thing with baseball. The Mets and Yankees had Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium for 50 years each before getting new parks. Now it's like it only takes 20 years for a new park to be built. It's so wasteful
Could be but also like the other guy said, Toronto is pretty central. Super close to Cleveland and Detroit and generally not that far from Milwaukee, NY, Philly, etc. For reference, Toronto is closer to Cleveland and Detroit than LA is to any other NBA City.