Oh, and I forgot to ask how much money RFK stadium makes in the ABSENCE of Baseball?
I'm not saying DC should build the stadium mind you.
Some towns have really gotten burned on that approach.
Others, Like Seattle got a great deal, being paid back
on time, and drawing way more in tax revenues than ever
expected. It was thought that King County would eat a
great deal of this debt, but it never happened.
It depends on what's in it to safeguard the taxpayers from the possibility the baseball team may not make back the public investment. If the team would help the city - perhaps an upgrade of roads and city owned facilities might be called for. But it shouldn't be a sweetheart deal in which the taxpayers are left holding the bag if it goes south.
Gotta remember the Orioles are 30 minutes up the road from DC. At least with the Redskins the next nearest football franchise is at least 3 hours away.
I don't think the deal is good for DC.