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Economists Robert Baade and Allen Sanderson reviewed the experience of 10 cities since 1958 and concluded that adding a stadium had no impact on employment. Noll and Zimbalist found only "an extremely small effect on overall economic activity and employment."
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I work at a stadium
I don't think that governments are using stadiums for any political purposes, but I do think its a waste of taxpayer money for governments to subsidize stadiums and sports teams, or most other businesses for that matter.
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Hell, cigarettes have political uses too, are you going to say that they are provided by politicians now too?
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What political purposes do cigarettes have?
And were you suggesting that the government doesn't help pay for stadiums?
I know that the government helped pay for the construction of the stadium I work at.
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Today stadiums are used as the wonders of Baghdad, the gardens of Babylon or the Colossus of Rhodes - To attract the wealthy, or at least their riches.
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Who are these rich people being attracted by stadiums? And why? And how?