“If there’s a city that should know that you don’t need to have a new stadium to be competitive as a baseball team, it’s the city where Wrigley Field is and where they’ve finally hung another World Series banner,” Center for Economic Accountability President John Mozena said. “There are very few things that economists agree on more than the idea that sports stadiums are a terrible investment for taxpayers.”
Any economic windfall from a post season/ championship team is quickly outweighed by the millions of taxpayers money spent to get there. Throw in the “ celebrations “( riots) and an occasional parade and one can see why it’s a well kept secret that teams would rather win all the marbles on the road than in their home town.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Any economic windfall from a post season/ championship team is quickly outweighed by the millions of taxpayers money spent to get there. Throw in the “ celebrations “( riots) and an occasional parade and one can see why it’s a well kept secret that teams would rather win all the marbles on the road than in their home town.