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re: Why are professional sports franchises allowed to shakedown cities for arenas?
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:11 am to KCM0Tiger
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:11 am to KCM0Tiger
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upgrades" to the "premium seating" areas.
Funny how so many “quality of life” improvements actually hurt the common fan. I cringe seeing the empty arse VIP section at every Falcons games. Smack in the middle of the 50 yard line too
Alabama almost took out thousands of cheap seats to build this corporate monstrosity
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Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:49 am to redneck
Subtle I'm a big spender brag.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:08 am to hg
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Didn’t they get a new arena after they left the Alamo Dome? Wtf arenas should last way longer than 20 years now days before a new one is warranted.
The Spurs want to move downtown. The current arena is in a tarded location.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:41 am to The Boat
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The current arena is in a tarded location.
Did they not know that when they built it
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:44 am to The Scofflaw
Simply put, because the cities usually cave in
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:48 am to chalmetteowl
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Did they not know that when they built it
They partnered with the county to build it, and it’s a big part of the SA rodeo. That’s why it was built on the east side near the old Freeman Coliseum.
Again, folks with foresight could see that this had a downside.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 10:51 am to The Scofflaw
Everyone except the taxpayers gets a slice of the pie. It is money better spent elsewhere.
How Dewine did not laugh at Haslam when he asked the governor to help finance his stadium is a mystery. $600 million to keep the Cleveland Browns?
He should have paid them to leave.
How Dewine did not laugh at Haslam when he asked the governor to help finance his stadium is a mystery. $600 million to keep the Cleveland Browns?
He should have paid them to leave.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 11:37 am to Glorious
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ran smear campaigns of the A’s fans.
You have any links here? Not questioning, curiously want to see.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 11:37 am to CollegeFBRules
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Would love more than anything to see cities tell these owners to go frick themselves.
Then they move
Posted on 8/22/25 at 11:50 am to TackySweater
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Then they move
Let someone else be conned into paying for it.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 11:58 am to Wally Sparks
It doesn’t work that way lol
Posted on 8/22/25 at 12:47 pm to The Scofflaw
Limited number of franchises.
They already have a problem with players only wanting to play in NY, LA, and Miami, maybe San Fran and Vegas. Adding franchises elsewhere doesn’t improve the odds in other locales.
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Why don’t they make more franchises?
They already have a problem with players only wanting to play in NY, LA, and Miami, maybe San Fran and Vegas. Adding franchises elsewhere doesn’t improve the odds in other locales.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 1:28 pm to TigerSprings
quote:well that’s false… lots of places have one or two but not all four sports.
There are no more cities left that could support these franchises. It's time to call their bluff.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 1:58 pm to Glorious
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One of the saddest things in sports is when you realize dozens of owners are truly in it to maximize profit and nothing more
100%.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 2:21 pm to chalmetteowl
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well that’s false
LINK
The major markets have 4+ teams in them. Mid and Smaller markets do not have the population to support another team. If you were the Spurs, comfortably sitting in the 7 most populated metro areas in the USA, what city would you try to make a play at? Austin, Montreal, Louisville?
Posted on 8/22/25 at 5:46 pm to The Scofflaw
because fan bases are retarded
Posted on 8/23/25 at 8:58 am to KCM0Tiger
quote:not a bad deal if you are KCM, no? Basically , Keep the team, someone else picks up the tab . It’s not like the Chiefs are threatening to move to San Diego
Basically both teams said "frick you taxpayer, give us a blank check based on zero details or benefits to the average fan, otherwise we'll move 7 miles west"
Posted on 8/23/25 at 9:19 am to The Scofflaw
I’m not really a Clippers fan, but that owner done it the way it should be done. He wanted a new arena- HE paid for it.
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