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Don't forget that many of the stadiums are at least partially funded by taxes.
by bjorn2404 10y ago
Don't forget that many of the stadiums are at least partially funded by taxes.
- cozzyd 9y agoI think the Patriots might be the one exception to that.
- jonathankoren 9y agoNope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium
- Godel_unicode 9y agoDid you miss the below quote from the linked article? "...After the Hartford proposal fell through, Robert Kraft paid for 100% of the construction costs, a rare instance of an NFL owner privately financing the construction of a stadium."
- Retric 9y agoConcurrently announced was a new road to access the stadium from U.S. Route 1, and an additional 3,000 parking spaces to accommodate the increased number of fans.. In other words the stadium is only part of the total construction costs. But, politically indirect costs where an easy sell.
- jessaustin 9y agoI'm going out on a limb to speculate that a stadium costs more to build than a parking lot...
- gregshap 9y agoThe patriots stadium construction was owner funded. "After the Hartford proposal fell through, Robert Kraft paid for 100% of the construction costs, a rare instance of an NFL owner privately financing the construction of a stadium." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium]
- Retric 9y agoConcurrently announced was a new road to access the stadium from U.S. Route 1 so not quite.
- SnowingXIV 9y agoThat doesn't mean the city paid for it. If you start a new land development to put up houses, you often cover all the costs associated with putting in roads and signs. Not saying that's what happened here but one sentence saying a road was put up doesn't indicate paid for by taxes.