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Fieldofschemes.com is the companion website to Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit, by Joanna Cagan and Neil deMause. Since 1998, we have been casting a critical eye on the roughly $2 billion a year in public subsidies that go toward building new pro sports facilities. Site authors...
I watch a lot of sports and I used to be a huge Oakland Athletics fan (baseball).
Recently, A’s ownership went for max profits by slashing payroll and raising ticket prices. Then, tried to skip paying stadium rent. Then tried to blackmail Oakland for a new stadium. I bailed.
They’ve started this season 10-44. The worst start since the 1932 Red Sox.
They’ll get a $1.5 billion stadium, with at least $380 million in public money, in Las Vegas, anyway.