A. Barton Hinkle: No More Tax Dollars for Sports Stadiums
Study after study has concluded that sports stadiums do not improve local economies, observes A. Barton Hinkle. Think tanks across the ideological spectrum—from the laissez-faire Cato Institute to the centrist Brookings Institution to the left-wing Center for American Progress—all have reached that same conclusion. So why are taxpayers still on the hook?