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[–] TimberWolfAlpha 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Fuck football! I went to school in green bay, the dark, pulsating heart of packerstan. And I moved there one day too late to vote against paying for the new stadium. Why the fuck should the people of the city buy them a place to throw a ball around in? Let the fans pay for it through admissions. Let the overpaid oafs that spend their lives chucking a ball around in between concussions pay for the damn stadium. quit picking my pocket.

Fucking football cult.

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[–] ThirteenthZodiac 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The hilarious thing about that vote was that there was a referendum at about the same time to increase funding for the school system (or something to that effect, I was way too young to vote or to know precisely), which didn't pass.

That made the "tell them you voted yes" signs on one of their buildings, featuring some kids, all the more ironic.

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[–] egamakadedidiut 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

No taxpayer funded anything is ever economically beneficial, unless it's a necessity, like roads. Every time they do a stadium/economic cost-benefit analysis, it has a negative effect.

Which pisses me off even more about these players bc their salaries would not be anything approaching what they are now w/o having that. High end welfare recipients, just like their common brethren.

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[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

those venues for the olympics are multipurpose though, and could concievably be used by other parties after the olympics. The packers stadium is just for the packers. Any "economic benefit" is also being weighed against the fact that when there's a game on, Highway 41 leading into/out of green bay becomes a nightmare parking lot if you're going with the flow of fans. I'd take a packer-less economy if it meant I didn't have to sit in traffic.