Heartland Policy Studies
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No. 85 Sports Stadium Madness
Heartland Policy Study No. 85
Written By: Joseph L. Bast
Published In: Policy Studies > 1998
Publication date:
02/01/1998
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
Taxpayer subsidies to professional sports teams amount to some $500 million a year. The decision to subsidize a team is driven by competition among cities for a limited number of teams, league policies that reward relocation, and lobbying by special interest groups. The solution is for fans and taxpayers to campaign for nonprofit ownership of teams, a model pioneered by the NFL Green Bay Packers in 1923.
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