As the Braves face the Mets in another largely publicly-financed ballpark named after a bank, it got me to thinking, specifically about this: maybe Cobb taxpayers are getting a bargain for their $400 million or so.
I jest. As distasteful as the back room deal that created SunTrust Park was, Cobb is paying significantly less than are taxpayers in some other places. Citi Field was built with $600 million in public money. Most recently, for some reason “public officials” in and around Las Vegas agreed to fork over more than $1.5 BILLION so Al Davis’s son can fuck over Oakland fans yet again.