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The seen and the unseen in taxpayer-funded stadiums

October 24, 2013 | By JONATHAN WILLIAMS

City of Industry, a city of only 219 residents in Los Angeles County, recently announced plans to spend $172 million to develop infrastructure for a stadium to host a team that doesn’t exist. The city will spend the funds even if a stadium is never built.Sadly, such taxpayer funded sports stadiums have become all-too-common in … ...