mophan t1_j6ua85m wrote on February 1, 2023 at 10:50 PM

Reply to comment by Cthepo in City of Springfield to purchase Hammons Field by Mechanicallvlan

Agree. Billionaires buy sports team because it's an expensive hobby that they can afford. A status symbol. They should be responsible for the stadium that comes with those sports teams as well. Not the public.

[deleted] t1_j6uq2xs wrote on February 2, 2023 at 12:41 AM

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Mechanicallvlan OP t1_j6usa9g wrote on February 2, 2023 at 12:57 AM

How is that a good example?? This stadium was BUILT privately, and now it is the CITY buying it for much less than the cost to build it. SMH.

ETA:

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/35149258/deal-finalized-divide-rams-settlement-money-st-louis

CandyBoBandDandy t1_j6utmkm wrote on February 2, 2023 at 1:07 AM

I thought I knew what I was talking about. I thought wrong

Cold417 t1_j6utspc wrote on February 2, 2023 at 1:08 AM

Yep. Not only did STL get paid, the stadium is being used still.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/sports/2022-07-24/st-louis-will-host-one-of-the-teams-in-the-xfl-as-the-league-tries-again