Saturday, April 19, 2014

Now the Bengals won't even use the stadium they made the taxpayers pay for

It's bad enough when sports teams fleece the taxpayers for new stadiums, but this is totally ridiculous.

A new agreement with Hamilton County commissioners says the Cincinnati Bengals won't even have to play all their home games at Paul Brown Stadium - after taxpayers have been forced to pay for the stadium for years. Under this deal, the Bengals now only have to play 7 home games per year in Cincinnati. They get to play the other game in an overseas location, most likely London.

Playing in London is their idea of a "home" game? Seriously? What good does that do for the long-ailing Cincinnati area economy? Supposedly, the new agreement lets General Electric build nearby, but much of the economic gain from GE would be offset by the Bengals moving their games abroad.

Then again, Hamilton County commissioners always give the Bengals whatever they want, so is this really surprising?

(Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/17/new-stadium-deal-gives-bengals-the-green-light-to-host-games-in-london)

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