Tag: Atlanta Falcons
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Vine City, meet Summerhill
Billionaire Arthur Blank wants to use taxpayer dollars to fund a new stadium. He says it could help lure an MLS franchise to Atlanta but, in case he hasn’t noticed, no one gives a damn about professional soccer. And no one should believe his claim that a new home for the Falcons will improve the […]
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Blank’s boondoggle: $1 billion and counting
Shame on city and state officials if they neglect real needs to build this monument to corporate welfare. The estimated $948 million pricetag for a retractable roof stadium for the Atlanta Falcons would probably prove to be significantly low, experts say, adding to questions about how the facility would be paid for. Two professors who […]
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