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Originally Posted by redbrian
Here is how is works, these fields will be used for tournaments which bring players and families into the area who would not come to the area without the tournaments, they will be spending money on goods and services in the area which they would not be buying except for the fact that they are coming to the area to attend the tournaments. The only reason that the extra money would be spent in the area is because of the tournaments.
A real life example;
The City of Gladstone is helping to build a Natatorium for the North Kansas City School District and the local community to use. The Natatorium will be large enough to host swim meets up to the state final levels. The money generated from taxes collected on goods and services purchased by the athletes and the families and supporters is estimated in the millions of dollars over the life of the facility, giving a very respectable return on the money invested by the city. The upshot being this will help hold down property taxes.
I hope I have made that clear.
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Yes, and if the businesses near there ponied up $75M to build it then all of that would still happen and they'd still see the economic benefits.
I get what you're saying, my point is that NONE OF THIS is in the pervue of the government.
The folks in Gladstone will soon get their dose of reality just like the turnpike in KS. They were supposed to remove the toll boths decades ago, once the road was paid for. For some reason those are all still there. Why? Once the government finds their way into your wallet you can't get them to back out.