Make Your 2021 Early Season Predictions

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(05-23-2021, 02:13 PM)Synric Wrote: If this is true why would any state or county use tax payer money to help build stadiums? Almost all NFL stadiums are built and run with tax payer dollars.

Actually there are a good amount (13 NFL Teams) that are split costs. The Bengals paid less for their new stadium then any other NFL franchise except Tampa who got their stadium 100% privately funded versus the Bengals getting 94% public funds.

Meanwhile:

49ers took the hit for 88%
Giants and Jets took the hit for 100%
Cowboys picked up 63%
Eagles 64%
Pats 83%
Lions 75%
Redskins 72%

https://web.archive.org/web/20190405090648/https://cbsminnesota.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/nfl-funding-summary-12-2-11.pdf

This shows the breakdown of private versus public funds for new stadiums since 1997 but only goes to 2014 as it lists Levi's Stadium as being proposed.

Since then you can add:

Rams and their 100% privately funded stadium

Chargers playing in the Rams stadium

Raiders and the financing for the project came in the form of $750 million in public funding and $1.1 billion from the Raiders.

Vikings new stadium. The project is projected to have a $975 million price tag, with the Vikings covering $477 million, the state covering $348 million, and $150 million covered by a hospitality tax in Minneapolis.


The Falcons new stadium which I don't have exact numbers but the Falcons certainly footed a portion of the bill.



What really makes the deal even worse in Cincinnati though is the Bengals having control over what the stadium can be used for outside of football season versus other stadiums where concerts and other events take place and allow more revenue to help compensate the loss in tax-payer money.