The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question Tuesday when residents of Jackson County voted down a sales tax measure that would have helped to fund a new downtown ballpark along with major renovations to Arrowhead Stadium.

How dare voters not want to pay 75 basis points on every purchase for decades to fund private enterprise!

  • bloup@lemmy.sdf.org
    36·
    7 months ago

    Do you ever think about how if every sports team was structured like the Green Bay Packers, there would be no conflict of interest with the city funding the development or renovation of a stadium for the team? What’s even more fun is that the NFL expressly prohibits any team from joining the league which is not privately owned. Literally the only exception is the Green Bay Packers and they only got that exception because they’re so old.

    • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgOPM
      19·
      7 months ago

      That’s a strong and damning take. Also, totally apt.

      It’s truly baffling to me that people who could never afford to go to their home team’s games nonetheless want endless piles of taxpayer money thrown at them.

      By this logic, all country clubs should be funded by taxes yet remain exclusive.

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
    10·
    7 months ago

    Good. Every city should refuse to publicly fund these projects, they have never delivered even a fraction of the benefits they claim to. If pro sports leagues just got told by every city worth a damn to pay their own way, things would be marginally better in this country.

  • aedyr@lemmy.ca
    4·
    7 months ago

    Good for them. Wealthy owners should be paying for stadiums, not extorting taxpayers.