St. Louis alderman's hilarious strip club analogy with Rams owner
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I don't find the quote hilarious. What I wonder is why pro football teams, which are extremely profitable, are allowed to blackmail local communities into buying them stadiums and giving them tax breaks. Other kinds of businesses actually pay for their own buildings and taxes. I, for one, would not care if the Rams played in St Louis or LA. The ticket prices are too high to attend the games, and so most people watch on TV.
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Mind you, there *is* a new stadium downtown, but it was built for the UofL Cardinals, and, by contract with the city, they have priority over everybody else when it comes to scheduling.
I'm old enough to remember that Louisville once had a very good ABA team. They had Dan Issel, Louie Dampier, and Artis Gilmore. A pretty talented bunch.
They were one of the ABA's most succesful franchises. They folded when the NBA merger took place. I assume the NBA head guys felt Louisville was too small.
2. Other types of businesses get tax breaks to locate to a certain city or state. My company is closing up here in Omaha and relocating to Iowa, at least in part, because of tax incentives the state of Iowa is giving them.
3. Civic pride is at stake. Most people love the town they live in, and don't want to live in some Podunk with nothing. Sports teams are almost like museums instead of traditional businesses.