By: suckittrebek76
What JOBS? As a long time opponent of publicly subsidizing stadiums I have researched this topic and found that the only well paying jobs these stadiums produce are players and executives. All the...
View ArticleBy: Noah Davis
Interesting. Like I said, I don’t agree with the reasons in the op-ed, I was merely reporting the arguments made. I’d love to see some scholarship/articles that talk about the impact of stadiums on jobs.
View ArticleBy: suckittrebek76
After reading your piece a second time I now see that they weren’t your reasons. I just get so fired up about these BS reasons for public funding. If owners and politicians want taxpayers to pay for...
View ArticleBy: smolloy18
The stadium is SUPPOSED to be privately funded. We’ll see how that goes. At least publicly, the main hurdle for this project is replacing the parkland that would have to be eliminated in order for the...
View ArticleBy: ricecloudnine
I highly recommend the book Field of Schemes as a good starting point. The authors also have a blog by the same name discussing current stadium plans (including some viewpoints/info on the proposed MLS...
View ArticleBy: kselvig
Maybe its me, and I don’t pretend to understand such things, but when the red bulls are one of the better teams in the league this year and still can’t fill their 25K stadium, why does a 2nd New York...
View ArticleBy: ndnut
Because NYC=$$$ and I believe they think it would be better to have a team in the city rather than NJ.
View ArticleBy: smolloy18
I think MLS views northern NJ and NYC proper as two different markets. The thinking is that a team in one of the boroughs would attract fans from NYC and Long Island who would be less willing to make...
View ArticleBy: Ted Meyer
For a stadium to actually create growth much more needs to go into than just finding a section of land and building a stadium. There needs to be a plan in place for development around it. A good...
View ArticleBy: joeyt360
Well, this is NYC, and I don’t think the league would be dumb enough to expect they’ll front money to Major League Soccer to help a stadium get built. I’m sure they understand fully that they’ll have...
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