The public foots the bill, and the owners of the team profit handsomely from selling the public the chance to watch the team play in the stadium they already pa

The public foots the bill, and the owners of the team profit handsomely from selling the public the chance to watch the team play in the stadium they already paid for. Sports arenas built with public money are a scam, and so is the idea of having taxpayers subsidize the construction of for-profit privately-owned chip fabs.