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[Kevin]

There's something funny to me about listing a "top 21".

[Mr Meaty]

There's something funny to me about listing a "top 21".

Should just take one.......Top 21 is funny

[HerdBot]

If stadiums made money, people (not cities) would be lining up to own them.

Almost every NFL team paid a portion of the cost because they make money

The Vikings stadium cost over 1 billion. Not a lot of people who can afford that, including billionaires. Average NFL team value is 5 billion.

Even Jeff Bezos only has 13 billion in liquid cash

[bisonaudit]

Almost every NFL team paid a portion of the cost because they make money

The Vikings stadium cost over 1 billion. Not a lot of people who can afford that, including billionaires. Average NFL team value is 5 billion.

Even Jeff Bezos only has 13 billion in liquid cash

So what you’re saying is he could only buy 2 entire teams tomorrow.

[reformedUNDfan]

Almost every NFL team paid a portion of the cost because they make money

The Vikings stadium cost over 1 billion. Not a lot of people who can afford that, including billionaires. Average NFL team value is 5 billion.

Even Jeff Bezos only has 13 billion in liquid cash

if the value is 5 billion then they can afford their primary infrastructure. It's not like they have 5 billion in capital assets, their primary asset is a franchise from what is a legalized cartel.

[HerdBot]

So what you’re saying is he could only buy 2 entire teams tomorrow.

He's the 2nd richest person in America.

[Grizzled]

Almost every NFL team paid a portion of the cost because they make money

The Vikings stadium cost over 1 billion. Not a lot of people who can afford that, including billionaires. Average NFL team value is 5 billion.

Even Jeff Bezos only has 13 billion in liquid cash

NFL teams make money or NFL stadiums make money?

[NDSU92]

NFL teams make money or NFL stadiums make money?

Cities pay for stadiums because professional sports leagues have them by their nutsacks. The worst version of the race to the bottom for municipalities to subsidize wealthy business owners for picking their city over their neighbors.

Good luck figuring out the real value of NFL stadiums. And if you were to figure it out, you’d find that they more than pay for themselves. Looking at valuations of some NFL franchises when they got a publicly-funded stadium, it can be more than an immediate 100% ROI.

[JackJD]

...The Vikings stadium cost over 1 billion....

...and was paid off last summer, 23 years ahead of schedule!

https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/...chelle%20Olson.

[IndyBison]

Cities pay for stadiums because professional sports leagues have them by their nutsacks. The worst version of the race to the bottom for municipalities to subsidize wealthy business owners for picking their city over their neighbors.

Good luck figuring out the real value of NFL stadiums. And if you were to figure it out, you’d find that they more than pay for themselves. Looking at valuations of some NFL franchises when they got a publicly-funded stadium, it can be more than an immediate 100% ROI.

Cities have stadiums because they are great venues to host and recruit many events. Think of the Fargodome. Take away the 8-10 Bison games and maybe a couple other events that are Bison football related, and it's still a very busy venue. This is valuable to the city. If a city has an NFL team though it raises the perception of the city in many ways. Indy, Louisville and Columbus (OH) are very similar cities in geography and size. I always thought Indy was a bigger and better city because of the Colts. Columbus was a college town and Louisville had a horse race.

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