Both bring more money into the city than they spend or they wouldn’t do it. The absurdity is that the billionaires would still build the stadiums and the money would still flow even if the cities refused to foot the bill. What blows my mind about the idea of a city paying every player on a team is that if the city is making enough in taxes to effectively DOUBLE the salaries of every player, then those same greedy billionaire owners can definitely afford to pay their players even more.
Both bring more money into the city than they spend or they wouldn’t do it. The absurdity is that the billionaires would still build the stadiums and the money would still flow even if the cities refused to foot the bill. What blows my mind about the idea of a city paying every player on a team is that if the city is making enough in taxes to effectively DOUBLE the salaries of every player, then those same greedy billionaire owners can definitely afford to pay their players even more.
It has actually been shown that stadiums absolutely do not pay off for damn near any city that funds then with tax dollars.