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In Chicago, Kansas City & Tampa Bay, sports owners are trying to push new venues without any public input or review

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If you are a sports owner, massive projects should and do get agreed upon in weeks, if not a month or two…max. I have written numerous times about how almost every sports owner runs the same play every time. The sports owner will come out and demand a new stadium and mandate that a deal must be done within weeks due to…reasons unknown. If this isn't good enough, then the team will possibly relocate. The…

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Denver NWSL owners demand city give them $50 million without limits or else they will leave

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The Denver council delayed voting on the release of the $50 million because of a “lack of key information.” For example, council members still do not have a specific breakdown of how and where the money will be spent. The council president seemed flustered that she “had to ask several times” why the team wasn't giving them all the information. When the team's attorney was asked for the project's final cost numbers, she told the…

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