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'''NFL stadiums''' are almost always built on the backs of taxpayers. Judith Grant Long, an urban expert, estimates that on average each NFL stadium received about $60 million more in taxpayer funding than the average [[Major League Baseball]] stadium obtained.<ref name="HuffPost">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/taxpayers-nfl-stadiums_55f08313e4b002d5c077b8ac</ref>  

'''NFL stadiums''' are almost always built on the backs of taxpayers. Judith Grant Long, an urban expert, estimates that on average each NFL stadium received about $60 million more in taxpayer funding than the average [[Major League Baseball]] stadium obtained.<ref name="HuffPost">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/taxpayers-nfl-stadiums_55f08313e4b002d5c077b8ac</ref>  

For every NFL stadium constructed between 1990 and 2010, taxpayers were bilked an average of $262 million.<ref name="HuffPost"/>

For every [[NFL]] stadium constructed between 1990 and 2010, taxpayers were bilked an average of $262 million.<ref name="HuffPost"/>

 

"From 1990 through 2023, voters cast ballots on 57 stadium and arena proposals across the country, approving 35 and rejecting 22, according to data compiled by Propheter."<ref name="AP">https://apnews.com/article/royals-chiefs-stadiums-taxes-public-funding-f1381c8916144371b3037ebc5b2dcc47</ref> But even when defeated in a referendum, the billionaire NFL owners have typically looted taxpayers another way to get the public funding they want, such as going to the state legislature for funding.<ref name="AP"/>

== Chicago ==

== Chicago ==