[Rhodes22-list] Taxes & Politics

[Alex Bell]

You guys from Tennessee are just crying in your beer. Imagine how you'd
feel if you got to see Riverfront stadium get torn down after only 32
years of use? There was nothing wrong with it, but the Cincinnati
Bengals managed to force the county and city to build a new football
only stadium. Not to be outdone, the Cincinnati Reds insisted they could
no longer play baseball in Riverfront Stadium and needed a nice new
ballpark. 

It would have been in the city's best interest to let the Bungles move
on to another city so the shame of having professional sprots worst fan
value be their home team. Why should the public be forced to pay for
these stadiums? It defies logic. 

Alex

Wally Buck wrote:
> 
> I don't know how the public got tricked into funding these stadiums and
> arenas. I say if a team doesn't want to stay let them go. If they can't run
> their business and make money without taxpayer help then something is wrong
> with their business model. If it weren’t for the fact that I have gotten
> free tickets to major league sports I would never go. It is not worth the
> money.
> 
> The taxpayers in Memphis pay for a new arena for their NBA team. This team
> is awful. Unless Jerry West turns it around I predict that low fan turnout
> will have them moving on to a new city in five years. Then Memphis will have
> two nice arenas for UM and the circus.
> 
> I do like the minor league stadium you guys have downtown, was this built
> with tax money as well?
> 
> Wally