These Cities Built Minor League Ballparks With Taxpayer Money. Now They Don't Have Teams To Play in Them

 

 

Great column

 

By the way:

 

1. We still have no lease with the PawSox
2. We still have no LDA with Madison so we really do not own the land that Polar Park is being built on
3. We still do not have update proforma
4. We still have not seen updated auditor's report

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But those investments are foolish even when they don't result in abandoned stadiums.  Study after study after study has debunked the idea that publicly funded stadiums are financially beneficial to anyone other than the team owners, who get free infrastructure for their business. And the costs keep rising. Worcester, Massachusetts, recently spent $70 million in public funds on a new ballpark, a record for a minor league facility