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Real Salt Lake: A home of their own
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We'll see taxes trickle in over the next twenty years that will not equal what we as citizens were forced to pitch in.
While the powerbrokers in the State, the Legislature, the Senate and Sandy City officials enjoy their box seats game after game, event after event, most of us will come to see this for what it is, a risky sports venture that has been made more profitable to benefit Dave Checketts bottom line. Public subsidies for private enterprise are wrong!
If we are to have 50 - 60 events at this facility during the good weather months in Sandy, can you imagine how it will really be for Sandy residents in the area. I think we will see residential areas decline in value and see people moving out to avoid the persistent traffic gridlock and confusion. David Checketts will continue to enjoy the publically subsidized version of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous with Huntsman, Curtis, Dolan, and Burdick.
Sold out baby! Apparently at leat 20,000 folks do care.
Go RSL, see you at Rio Tinto.
I guess you're angry about the bail-out of Wall Street as well.
I think it'd be a good job for a journalist to investigate the actual factual return on investment made by the state and county authorities in this stadium, rather than just speculate from an informed and blinkered ideological point of view.
RSL FOR LIFE
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Some of your comments/concerns are well founded...what exactly is the financial benefit of having a beautiful stadium that will get the Valley limited national attention (tv and otherwise) during the season? No-one can put an exact number on that...fair enough.
But your criticism re property values is comical...you do realize that this beautiful, top level stadium replaced a mobile hoem community and some run-down businesses, right? And, have you seen the homes that are located in close proximity to the stadium? Sorry boss, but the only direction the home values in that area CAN go is up.
Go RSL, see you on Thursday!
If you are sooo worried about you hotel taxes in St George. I suggest you keep driving about an hour to Vegas where you will probably pay a lot more.
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