This "corporate welfare","crony capitalism" or call it whatever you like is beyond the point of lunacy. Millionaires (or Billionaires) expect states and local cities to invest in a facility (a building which they conduct their private business) with the risk that whatever is allegedly going to help the local city pay for the cost may not occur .
The lunacy is that the owners have the means to build their own stadium or ballpark and for whatever reason cities get into a bidding war to lure or keep them. I don't think this will ever be a good expense of public dollars. Paving the roads or building a school would be a much better use of tax dollars.
What makes the situation worse, as is in the case with the WooSox, is when they are not required to pay taxes like the law says.We taxpayers are getting it stuck to us both ways and these teams smile all the way to the bank.
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ORH. I heard them mention that they flew out of Green and Logan. It's a shame that Massport and the airlines won't spend a dime on marketing.