Friday roundup: Vikings get $6m in upgrades for two-year-old stadium,...
No time to dawdle today, I got magnets to mail, so let’s get right down to it: The Minnesota Vikings‘ two-years-and-change-old stadium is getting $6 million in renovations, including new turf, and...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Oakland opens A’s land sale talks, Clippers arena down to two...
I know it’s not Deadspin — nothing is, or ever will be again, though we can dream — or even sports, but I have an article up at City Limits this week about another big-money public construction project...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Developers pay locals $25 each to hold pro-arena signs, a...
It’s been another week of pretty bad news, topped off by a private equity firm somehow buying the entirety of .org domains, meaning every nonprofit website will now have to be licensed from an entity...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Dolphins owner seeks Formula One tax break, Tacoma okays...
Happy coronavirus panic week! What with stadiums in Europe being closed to fans and stadium workers in the U.S. testing positive for the virus, it’s tough to think of much right now other than what...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Throwing good money after bad edition
This will be remembered as the week that all 30 MLB teams played at once, after the Cincinnati Reds returned from being sidelined by a positive Covid test … for one whole day, until the New York Mets...
View ArticleMinneapolis seeks state bailout on Vikings stadium debt so it can pay...
Let’s start with the simple part of this story: Rep. Mohamud Noor, DFL-Minneapolis, said he will seek relief from the city’s first scheduled debt payment of $17 million [on U.S. Bank Stadium] — and...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Bears buy stadium land but won’t promise to build stadium on...
We have made it to the end of another week, or will soon, anyway. Why not celebrate with a round of bullet points about ways in which pro sports team owners are seeking to extract money from the public...
View ArticleVikings’ 7-year-old stadium needs $279m in repairs, says company that could...
It’s become common in recent years for team owners and stadium district bureaucrats to start demanding upgrades to sports facilities earlier and earlier, sometimes when the buildings in question are 20...
View ArticleMinnesota pays off Vikings stadium early, total taxpayer tab could still be...
The state of Minnesota has paid off its debt on the Vikings stadium 20 years early, thanks to money from electronic gambling coming in faster than expected: With the support of Gov. Tim Walz, the...
View ArticleStadiums and arenas are set to collect $18B in property tax breaks over their...
It’s been a year since I excitedly got my copy of Geoffrey Propheter’s book Major League Sports and the Property Tax, so I figure it’s maybe time that I actually review it. (What can I say, a lot of...
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