> Bas Autowas Wrote:
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> Sports also bring joy to people, which costs money. I'd rather have
> governments spend money on sports than on a whole lot of other things.
>
> Obviously it would've made a lot more sense to have built 1 multiple
> purpose stadium, but from what i've read your American football team is
> at fault there.
>
> 11 years ago my team got a new stadium and there was a lot of protest
> because my town had to pay around 10 million for it. Since then we
> promoted to the top flight, won the cup and the Johan Cruijff trophy.
> The number of supporters has gone up 3 or 4 times, our small town now
> has nationwide recognition and small businesses in the town make a whole
> lot of money on matchdays.
>
> You hardly ever hear anyone about the costs of the stadium anymore.
Soccer's got em mesmerized over there, Rock-Thrower. Jimmy has it dead on. Never make it with the Columbus team here, since soccer considered here as a sissy man's sport anyway.(edited)