Sports Pork
Taxpayers will subsidize the new Atlanta Falcons stadium to the tune of $554 million. The costs are spread out through bond issuance, and flows from the Hotel Motel Tax which accrue in the year they are incurred. This is a significant subsidy, one that the Falcons’ ownership will take happily to the bank.
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