Category: Corporate Subsidies
Foul Ball!!! Stench of Sternberg Deal Common MLB Ploy

By Scott Myers, Contributor Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg behaves as one would expect of a Major League Baseball owner: pitching threats, illusion, and deceit to extort cities. Declaring the price of a new stadium will increase with each passing year, Sternberg preposterously presented the possibility of a …
Sternberg’s Best Bet: Las Vegas

By Jim Bleyer After decades of being shaken down by sports franchises, their billionaire owners, and professional sports leagues, sensible cities are refusing to pay subsidies to keep or lure a professional sports team. There is one exception: Las Vegas. It appears to be the most likely destination for …
Adding “Stadium” Would Create an Acronym Turanchik Won’t Step In

By Jim Bleyer Tampa mayoral candidate Ed Turanchik kicked off his campaign Monday emphasizing housing, innovation, and transit as the underpinning of a year-long quest to lead an underachieving city. He unveiled the “HIT” show before a crowd of 500 high-powered civic movers and shakers, several of whom are …
Tom Steyer and Jeff Vinik: An American Tale
If Only Florida’s Ruling Class Loved Public Education as Much as Tourism and Billionaires
San Diego Didn’t Fall for Shady Stadium Deal; Will Tampa?
Grade F: The Math Simply Fails for a Stadium Relocation
Vinik Downtown Project in Deep Trouble!

The Boston Globe said Vinik “reinvented” himself but Tampans have discovered that only applies superficially. By Jim Bleyer Water Street Tampa, the highly-touted $3 billion “vision” of local businessman and Tampa Bay Times investor Jeff Vinik, is in deep trouble and may be taken over and/or liquidated by …