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Using numbers from a sports research and consulting firm, CNN reported, "Twenty new NFL stadiums have opened since 1997 with the help of $4.7 billion in taxpayer funds." See photos of the 10 most ...
The public financing of stadiums for team owners who could pay for construction out of their own pockets peaked in the 1990s, when voters finally got fed up with giveaways that left their cities ...
A stadium subsidy is a type of government subsidy given to professional sports franchises to help finance the construction or renovation of a sports venue. Stadium subsidies can come in the form of tax-free municipal bonds, cash payments, long-term tax exemptions, infrastructure improvements, and operating cost subsidies. Funding for stadium ...
According to Jeremy Pelzer of Cleveland.com, the Browns plan on asking for taxpayers to provide half the funding for a $2.4 billion domed stadium in Brook Park, or for a $1 billion upgrade to ...
The Bears agreed to a property-tax deal with Arlington Heights last month but said they remain focused on a new lakefront stadium in Chicago. Johnson suggested that Bears ownership could kick in ...
Those projects all also came with public funding, including the $760 million in local bonds the Nashville City Council approved to go with $500 million in state bonds to pay for the Titans' new $2 ...
A new $2.2 billion Tennessee Titans stadium and development in Nashville will cost taxpayers $1.26 billion for construction but will lead to an estimated $3.1 billion tax capture to pay off bonds ...
A spreadsheet created by Jackson County shows that taxpayers might pay billions more than the $1 billion sticker price of a new Royals stadium