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re: Sports Teams Tax Subsidies
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:45 am to MsState of mind
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:45 am to MsState of mind
Taxpayers and tourists get raked by these pro team owners.
- funds (municipal taxes) could be WAY better spent
- 6.5% stadium taxes on rental cars from airport (added to city/state/airport taxes)
- hotel taxes (Atlanta charges 31%, and I am NOT exaggerating)
Benefits?? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Georgia Dome was 19 years old when they broke ground on MB Stadium?? NINETEEN YEARS??? frick YOU NFL!!
ETA: Another annoying example, when I lived in Houston, the city charged $20 to park at Astrodome/Reliant, for almost every event. As a taxpayer, I found that to be utter theft, to charge that much for a parking lot that has been in use since ~1964!
- funds (municipal taxes) could be WAY better spent
- 6.5% stadium taxes on rental cars from airport (added to city/state/airport taxes)
- hotel taxes (Atlanta charges 31%, and I am NOT exaggerating)
Benefits?? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Georgia Dome was 19 years old when they broke ground on MB Stadium?? NINETEEN YEARS??? frick YOU NFL!!
ETA: Another annoying example, when I lived in Houston, the city charged $20 to park at Astrodome/Reliant, for almost every event. As a taxpayer, I found that to be utter theft, to charge that much for a parking lot that has been in use since ~1964!
This post was edited on 9/10/20 at 9:02 am
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Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:48 am to JPinLondon
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Georgia Dome was 19 years old when they broke ground on MB Stadium?? NINETEEN YEARS??? frick YOU NFL!!
Arthur Blank paid for most of MBS and as I showed, in just 2 events the city will have seen their money recouped.
That's really not a good example for your argument.
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