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Message: [QUOTE="j66kicker, post: 2815960, member: 4447"] The article refers only to [I]stadium[/I] subsidies. Municipalities come up with bond issues to subsidize stadiums in order to get teams to come to, or not leave, their town. The idea is the town benefits in restaurant and hospitality spending as well as prestige. The alternative is to vote down the bond issue and the team leaves to go to a municipality with a more lucrative offer, such as the Baltimore Colts moving to Indianapolis, the Seattle Supersonics moving to Oklahoma City and the Oakland Raiders moving to Las Vegas. In other words, it's [I][U]competitive[/U][/I], just like all these cities currently offering tax breaks trying to get Amazon to put their 2nd HQ there. When the WNBA can offer similar benefits to municipalities, then they will be able to play one town against the other to get the best deal too. [/QUOTE]