While I happily voted for Safeco Field back in the day (1995 I think), I have always believed that public subsidies for sports stadia is a dodgy pursuit at best. The common argument forwarded by proponents, that the stadium itself serves as an economic motor...
the stadium scam
In light of what appears to be yet another successful extortion of taxpayers to get a new ballpark in Florida, Rob Neyer ponders the question of why these irrational deals.