The studies from the article are pretty persuasive , if you click on the link.
Why should taxpayers be forced to pay the extortion demands of sports teams?
They wouldn’t if they understood the economics of it.
However, unless Federal money is involved in the stadium or things related to the stadium, then it is the choice of the people of the State (or city whatever the case may be) to decide what they want to fund.
I personally think they are making a bad business decision, but this is up to the people of the State. There is no law that States cannot make stupid economic decisions.
It’s when they do that and then come begging for Federal help that I have a problem with it. It is implicitly understood that no State is too big to fail ... and will be bailed out. Major cities as well. This should be the line in the sand were conservatives fight. Why, for example, should the entire country have to pay for the mistakes of say, Detroit, or that place in Alabama that got rooked on a sewer treatment plant deal?
States should have the say, but they should also have to pay for their mistakes.