I challenge you to come up with even one success story, with proof that a new sports team was a net profit for a city/county, when the city/county paid for the facilities.
couldn't do it in five minutes. I am in the process of reconsidering my opinion but that will take some time. Now that it appears tough to justify as an investment I'll have to consider the other issues. I read a nice piece about the Dallas Cowboys and the analysis came down to it costing $25 per tax payer. Not bad.