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Senator Ron Wyden attended UCSB on a full basketball scholarship, transferred to Stanford, and graduated. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ron-wyden-1.html
This is just a guess on my part. But I believe it will be very difficult to get local governments to help pay for new NBA stadiums in the future. Reason, players salaries. Why should the public subsidise the teams when the average player is making over $6 million, and some well over $30 million? If the players want a new playground, let them pay for some of it. I'm tired of subsidising them.
New arenas revitalize entire areas (well, except in Portland) and bring prestiege and revenue. Local governments gain with new stadiums. I mean a team can build a stadium in an unincorporated or outlying area and keep the extra revenue for themselves outside a city's control if they really wanted to.
All this was argued in Seattle 10-15 years ago. They told the NBA to get lost. Nothing has changed in other cities since, and nothing will change. For example, Ralph Nader took up the cause and put a lot of relevant charts on his website. I used to cite them on the ESPN board. Nobody had the energy to deal with stats. Nothing ever improves in this country. Mediocrity fatigue, just like the Blazers. You're saying that if it's built outside the city, 1) the owner will for no apparent reason change his mind and pay for the half-billon dollar stadium all by himself without corporate welfare from the government, and 2) suburban fans have just as much money and connections as the well-paid downtown businessmen who won't make the commute anymore.
you can leverage shit if you build your own stadium. Offer no concessions to the city. Imagine a big ass concert at a stadium, the city greatly benefits from it. And these happen weekly.
Yes, if the owner's in total control, he can effortlessly leverage individual events like concerts. But that's irrelevant to who pays for the construction of the stadium. The owner paying for it all would require big pay cuts for players.
