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Originally Posted by atxsnail
There were quite a few of those on the atxurbanists Facebook group. Mostly they were there to virtue signal over how they opposed pro sports on principle or to offer up ridiculous non-starters like how the city should get equity in the team or league in return for the land.
Meanwhile I was screaming into the void about how progressive a zero parking space stadium downtown would have been and how the rail and bus adjacent Mckalla with 5,000 apartment units in walking distance was about as good a compromise as we'd ever see.
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There are other options as well such as supporting a team, but not willing to subsidize it. 99% of businesses in Austin get nothing in the way of subsidies and if your business needs one I have to question the value of the good or service you provide. The economic case for stadiums, aside from the intangibles like civic pride, is pretty awful:
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/econo...ican-taxpayers