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NewDayOranges

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5. We're having the same issue here in Kansas City...
Sun Feb 4, 2024, 09:51 PM
Feb 2024

This city spent $250 million taxpayer funds to renovate/update The K (home of the KC Royals) in 2012 and $375 million in 2010 to renovate/update Arrowhead Stadium (home of the Chiefs)...

And now 12 and 14 years down the road, all of a sudden these stadiums are DUMPS and need to be rebuilt from scratch on the taxpayer dime? I don't think so!

I love the Chiefs and the Royals and I hope both teams stay in Kansas City for a very long time but considering that the football team is a revenue-sharing business that earns billions a year for its owner from television revenues for its owners before selling a single ticket, I'm not for spending billions of taxpayer $ to subsidize billionaires who earn billions every year...

I will be voting against any tax increase for building new stadiums but I expect a tax levy for new stadiums to pass resoundingly regardless...

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