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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 2016342" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>I am a Sox fan and as a fan I want this project to go forward in the South Loop. And yes, there is a way to eventually make the financing work.</p><p></p><p>But the idea of very wealthy people using their personal property (the franchise) to manipulate government and get others to pay for their improvements just rubs the wrong way. Plus, the way that these well-off people who own sports franchises always come out on top while some of the publicly-funded projects around the Nation have left taxpayers holding the bag with debt and failed promises. Not every project pays off the way it was promised.</p><p></p><p>But owning a major sports franchise is like winning the lottery. Again and again. While as fans your ticket prices and your costs at the concessions stand keeps rocketing upward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 2016342, member: 748116"] I am a Sox fan and as a fan I want this project to go forward in the South Loop. And yes, there is a way to eventually make the financing work. But the idea of very wealthy people using their personal property (the franchise) to manipulate government and get others to pay for their improvements just rubs the wrong way. Plus, the way that these well-off people who own sports franchises always come out on top while some of the publicly-funded projects around the Nation have left taxpayers holding the bag with debt and failed promises. Not every project pays off the way it was promised. But owning a major sports franchise is like winning the lottery. Again and again. While as fans your ticket prices and your costs at the concessions stand keeps rocketing upward. [/QUOTE]
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