@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 11 months agoWNBA investigating Las Vegas Aces after every player received $100,000 in sponsorshipwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkWNBA investigating Las Vegas Aces after every player received $100,000 in sponsorshipwww.usatoday.com@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•11 months agoSo not enough that cities have to subsidize stadiums, they have to subsidize player salaries too? 🤔
minus-square@protist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoThis is utterly paltry compared to the cost of a stadium, and the LV convention bureau is funded by a dedicated hotel occupancy tax, not the city
minus-square@jeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilink3•11 months agoEh, at least this is a marketing campaign. Not like the free tax giveaways with stadiums
minus-squareSeaJlinkfedilink17•11 months agoIt has actually been shown that stadiums absolutely do not pay off for damn near any city that funds then with tax dollars.
So not enough that cities have to subsidize stadiums, they have to subsidize player salaries too? 🤔
This is utterly paltry compared to the cost of a stadium, and the LV convention bureau is funded by a dedicated hotel occupancy tax, not the city
Eh, at least this is a marketing campaign. Not like the free tax giveaways with stadiums
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It has actually been shown that stadiums absolutely do not pay off for damn near any city that funds then with tax dollars.