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In Brooklyn they took it away from housing to build a sports stadium.
by ada1981 8y ago
In Brooklyn they took it away from housing to build a sports stadium.
- rayiner 8y agoEminent domain is limited to taking land for a public benefit. Sports stadiums are on the border, but sports are an important part of the culture of cities so you can see the "public benefit" angle. But governments can't use it just to build an apartment complex.
- ada1981 8y agoI did my grad work a decade ago in Urban Planning at one of the top programs in the world and eminent domain was always a controversial topic. It seems one could argue that affordable housing is much more a public benefit than a for profit sports stadium. As for Brooklyn, looks like the project was a bust. https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/12/barclays-center-eminent-domain-fail https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/12/barclays-center-eminent-d...