Public Subsidies for Stadiums is Terrible for Taxpayers

Decades of evidence ignored by local politicians – stupid or paid off?

Dan Moore, a sports writer based in San Francisco, has a blistering piece in The Atlantic, “Taxpayers Are About to Subsidize a Lot More Sports Stadiums.” He starts by reminding us of the many stadium scams on the table across the USA right now, including our very own White Sox and Bears. He states that taxpayers have paid out nearly $30 billion for stad…