First in War, First in Peace, and Saddled With a Costly, Underperforming Taxpayer-Funded Stadium

Reason Magazine by Nick Gillespie | Apr. 14, 2009 (Opinion)

More to the point, the Nationals were brought to the District of Columbia amid overhyped claims that bringing baseball back to the nation's capital, especially in a fancy new stadium that would have to be paid for by taxpayers, would jazz up the local economy like Marion Barry on crack (give the former and future mayor his due: For a while, he was against taxpayers footing the bill for the stadium). Where would the more than $600 million come from? It ... Full Story »

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by Naomi Isler - Apr. 14, 2009

Is this a baseball history or a discussion of the impact stadiums (don't) have on local economies? There have been articles around for years about the negative economics of subsidized stadiums (stadia?); this is nothing new. Nor is the history of baseball in DC. This really adds nothing to any discussion.

I'll stay with the (unsubsidized) Green Monster, thanks. .