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How A Mythical Soccer Stadium Became Queens’ Biggest Political Futbol | Gothamist

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Neil deMause

Willets Point, the warren of auto-repair shops that for generations sat on a muddy peninsula between the Mets’ ballpark and Flushing Creek, has been targeted for an overhaul ever since “the Mets’ ballpark” still meant Shea Stadium. When the Bloomberg … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Development, Queens, Soccer, Stadiums and Arenas

Amazon’s Ransom Vs. Stadium Deals: Which Is Worse? | Deadspin

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Neil deMause

Four billion dollars, I think we can all agree, is a lot of money. It’s more than the combined annual budgets of Barbados, Bermuda, and Belize. It’s enough to buy a few dozen private Caribbean islands. It’s two Giancarlo Stantons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Corporate Subsidies, Stadiums and Arenas

What If NYC Evicted Madison Square Garden? | Gothamist

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Neil deMause

Now that the Knicks have finally gotten their latest season of misery underway — they had a bit of a speed bump in beating the Hawks on opening night, but the Nets, Celtics, and Bucks soon restored order to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, New York City, Stadiums and Arenas, Traffic and Transit

What Can We Learn From Four Stadium Deals That Don’t Suck? | Deadspin

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Neil deMause

Whenever professional economists are asked about stadium and arena deals, they invariably explain, for the hundredth time, that these “almost never” work out to the benefit of the public. (Look, here are a bunch saying so just a few weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Stadiums and Arenas

The Stadium Scam Goes Minor-League, And It Has An Unlikely Ally | Deadspin

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Neil deMause

When the state of Rhode Island offered up $38 million in June to the owners of the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox toward a new stadium, it seemed likely to be the first step on the road to a replacement for … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Development, Stadiums and Arenas

NYCFC’s Bronx Stadium Would Use City Parks Land — Sorta | Village Voice

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Neil deMause

When the owners of the New York Yankees announced, on a June day in 2005, plans for a new stadium to replace the 82-year-old Yankee Stadium, they had a special treat for New Yorkers who’d been hearing for more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Soccer, Stadiums and Arenas

NYCFC Wants Its Own Islanders-Style Stadium Subsidy | Village Voice

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Neil deMause

If you’re still wrapping your brain around the math behind the New York Islanders’ “give us cheap state land and we’ll build an arena complex on it” proposal, get ready for the Bronx version. According to information leaked to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Bronx, Stadiums and Arenas

Cuomo’s Gift to Islanders Could Be Worth Nine Figures | Village Voice

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Neil deMause

Ever since Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Empire State Development agency decreed a group led by the owners of the New York Islanders to be the winning bidders for a 43-acre plot of land in the Belmont Park racetrack parking lots in … Continue reading →

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Trump has one thing right about the NFL: It gets too much taxpayer funding | The Washington Post

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Neil deMause

If anyone was wondering what it would take to get President Trump to endorse a policy promoted by President Barack Obama, we now have our answer. On Tuesday morning, Trump blasted the Internet with the message: “Why is the NFL … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Football, Sports, Stadiums and Arenas, Trumpism

Why are Georgia taxpayers paying $700m for a new NFL stadium? | The Guardian

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Neil deMause

The Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium, which hosts its fourth ever NFL game on Sunday, is a technological marvel: the iris-shaped retractable roof; the mammoth video “halo board” that rings the ceiling aperture; the concession stands that sell hot dogs for a throwback … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Football, Stadiums and Arenas

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