I agree with EZM's post.
If King wants taxpayers to pay, then he should not be opposed to giving up part of the revenue stream.
Places like Vancouver and Toronto did not require significant investment by the city to build their arenas... the owner/investment group funded it themselves.
As for the "spin-off" economics... why don't we build some head offices instead and give them to a company (heard Google was looking)? That would provide far more jobs and investment than an arena.
But all this sounds extremely "socialist" to me, whether it is a taxpayer funded pro sports arena or an office building.
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