http://www.otiskimzey.com/2007/08/07/do-stadium-construction-jobs-justify-taxpayers-money/ What is OK? Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:23:58 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.otiskimzey.com/2007/08/07/do-stadium-construction-jobs-justify-taxpayers-money/comment-page-1/#comment-241 TD Dawg Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:54:00 +0000 http://www.otiskimzey.com/2007/08/07/do-stadium-construction-jobs-justify-taxpayers-money/#comment-241 The net result of building a new stadium funded by taxpayers is this...the voice of the overall few who care about the team and the events that will be at the new arena does not equal the supremely bosterious voice of those who do not support paying for the stadium / arena / ballpark. Thus / because of this discrepancy of voices heard, it seems as though the masses are asked to pay for a building that they as a collective voice do not want and that few unheard voices want. In actuality, I would suggest that actual benefit to the tax paying people does not equal the benefit that they receive directly. However, one cannot discount in any way the HUGE benefit that is felt by the city (exposure to brand Seattle) for having said professional franchise, which translates to overall benefits for its residents, though not directly and in an unquantifable amount by this author, which to them does not justify the taxes paid. Maybe we could ask Paul de Podesta and his computer (read Moneyball by Michael Lewis if you do not understand) to get some numbers for us, eh! I would argue that the overall beneift is worth the cost, which is being noted by a sports, but not professional sports, fan. The net result of building a new stadium funded by taxpayers is this…the voice of the overall few who care about the team and the events that will be at the new arena does not equal the supremely bosterious voice of those who do not support paying for the stadium / arena / ballpark. Thus / because of this discrepancy of voices heard, it seems as though the masses are asked to pay for a building that they as a collective voice do not want and that few unheard voices want.
In actuality, I would suggest that actual benefit to the tax paying people does not equal the benefit that they receive directly. However, one cannot discount in any way the HUGE benefit that is felt by the city (exposure to brand Seattle) for having said professional franchise, which translates to overall benefits for its residents, though not directly and in an unquantifable amount by this author, which to them does not justify the taxes paid. Maybe we could ask Paul de Podesta and his computer (read Moneyball by Michael Lewis if you do not understand) to get some numbers for us, eh!
I would argue that the overall beneift is worth the cost, which is being noted by a sports, but not professional sports, fan.

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