I haven't watched the video yet, but I've always thought it was the dumbest shyt in the world for a city to use tax money to essentially fund a private endeavor. It's pure bullshyt.
John Oliver from Last Week Tonight on HBO goes in on public funding for stadiums
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I don't think that's true. Americans saw it, they just don't have the platform that John Oliver has.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
I remember in KC they were trying to get Jackson county taxpayers to pay for a roof over Kaufman that would slide over to the Chiefs stadium. Tried to say it would get the MLB ASG and possibly a Super Bowl if they voted for it. Also promised that the area around the stadiums would explode. They got their upgrades minus the dome and the same funky ass Drury Inn and BP are still the only things near them. Tried to swindle them into building a downtown stadium. If these cities were really bout it, they'd ask for at minimum 30% ownership stakes in the team
That's how they stay billionaires.
But that beltway series against the Orioles this weekend thoughWashington DC spent about $1 billion on the Nationals baseball stadium, despite the vast majority of residents opposing it.
Meanwhile, DC public schools are some of the worst-funded and dysfunctional in the country
I'm starting to think the city councils don't even read these contracts or are utilizing the teams lawyers to review these deals
miami dade pushed through the marlins stadium and the voters gave the ex-mayor and a couple of commissioners that work.
Carlos Alvarez and Natacha Seijas recall, Miami-Dade County, Florida (2011)
By a large margin, voters recalled Carlos Alvarez and Natacha Seijas in a special recall election on March 15, 2011. Alvarez was the mayor of Miami-Dade County, and Seijas was a Miami-Dade county commissioner at the time of the recall.
http://ballotpedia.org/Carlos_Alvarez_and_Natacha_Seijas_recall,_Miami-Dade_County,_Florida_(2011)
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Marlins Prez David Samson Calls Miamians Stupid, Says He Cares More About Money Than Fans
By Kyle Munzenrieder
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 | 3 years ago
In a smarmy speech before a group of Miami business leaders, Miami Marlins team president David Samson gloated about his success in wrangling taxpayer money in a sweetheart deal to build his team's new stadium. Then he turned around and called the very people who footed the bill, Miamians, stupid.
"I don't have to hold back now that the stadium is built -- not that I ever have," Samson said while addressing Miami's Beacon Council yesterday according to Miami Today.
"We're not the smartest people in Miami. If you're in this room, you're instantly in the top 1 percent," said Samson to a room of people who are likely in Miami's economic top 1 percent as well.
Yes, the man just called Miamians stupid. Hell, Miami Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland may have no problem with asking a prospective player if his mom was a whore, but even he knows not to call your fans stupid. In fact, we're pretty sure most Miamians wouldn't be stupid enough to make that remark.
He also said that local politicians are "not the intellectual cream of the crop," which we'll give him a pass on based on the grounds of truth.
Samson also told the crowd about his early negotiations to move the Marlins to either San Antonio or Las Vegas while stadium discussions had stalled in Dade.
He says he took a meeting with Las Vegas's former mayor Oscar Goodman in a room full of four showgirls, and suggested that casinos would buy out all of team's tickets to ensure that no one left the strip to catch a ball game.
"We don't care if nobody comes," Samson said (Miami Today reports he had a smile on his face at the time). "We'll play in front of nobody, and we'll have all the money."
Think about that for a minute. That's basically an admission that the management of the team cares more about making money that having actual fans. To a degree, sure, that's true of all sports executives, but come on Samson, you're not actually supposed to come out and say it.
Samson also had harsh words for billionaire auto-magnate Norman Braman, who publicly opposed the stadium deal at every step and lead the recall effort against former county mayor Carlos Alvarez.
"I don't see Norman Braman trying to fix anything," Mr. Samson said. "If he has the time and money, let's see [him] run [for office] ...He should stop saying how bad it is, and start trying to make a difference."
Samson goes on to take umbrage at Miami Today publisher Michael Lewis, one of the few guys in town who opposed the stadium deal from its early stages and whose reporters have uncovered many of the worst parts of the plan for Miami taxpayers.
He says Lewis published "emotions disguised as fact" and whines that, "People with a pen can use it as a sword to destroy a project without having all the facts." (Lewis, rightly, counters that "it was a bad deal for the taxpayers and we said so editorially. However, in the news columns, Miami Today is strictly neutral and fair, as well as being factual.")
Samson didn't mention New Times own feature on the six biggest lies about the horrific Marlins Stadium deal, so we'll just assume he recognizes some factual reporting when he sees it.
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/m...s-he-cares-more-about-money-than-fans-6538372
Not gonna lie. Last year, when SF was like take it or leave it with the 49ers I was kinda proud. I'm cheering for the Oakland council in their fight against the A's and Raiders too. I'm waiting for the day a city will call their bluff. The entire city council that does will get voted out the next year, but the city will be better off for it.
soccer and olympics make these look like kindergarten level schemes
The marlins front office is the scum of the earth
Piff Huxtable
Delaney 2020,2024,2028...
Jeffrey Loria hustling the fukk out of Miami is one of the jewiest things i've ever witnessed
STOP it
They live to dance on the backs of the poor
Th3G3ntleman
Superstar
One of the greatest hustles in American history is the modern day sports stadium.
Barry Sanders
Barry>>>
dave samson