Negotiations continue to happen in secret across the country, all without the public seeing or hearing about it
This is not going to shock anyone. Sports owners hate when their plans are released and looked at intensively. Have you ever read a sports venue agreement? Try reading the Potomac Yard Economic and Fiscal Impact Study from the failed Capitals/Wizards to Alexandria, Virginia proposal. The agreements are almost impossible to read and understand unless you read these types of documents daily. This is why billionaire owners aren’t always forthcoming with initial sports venue details. A professor of sports management was a bit more straight-forward when talking about taxpayers being left out of the venue negotiations by stating that…
