re: #71 Sol Berdinowitz

Governments regularly use tax breaks and benefits to attract industries, the logic being that the increased tax revenues would balance it out.

And sports teams are an easy sell, as opposed to, say, a solar energy company…

Except study after study say that sports franchises never bring in the business they say they will and end up costing the local economy in the long run, especially if the town ends up hosting a major event.