Rhode Island taxpayers are now paying off $130+ million in debt payments for their soccer stadium
When the new stadium was first announced in 2019, the state of Rhode Island would give $27 million to the developers for development of housing units around the stadium. The stadium developer claimed that the cost of the project would be just over $80 million. But after some time passed, the developers claimed that construction costs were too high and that the deal wouldn't work. The Governor cast a tiebreaker vote to allow the taxpayers' costs to shift from housing to the stadium. At this…
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