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    Bill Shaikin: Taxpayer money for a stadium? It’s Rob Manfred vs. the economists

    SEATTLE — In 2001, seven years after two NFL teams abandoned Southern California, I asked a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whether voters wanted him to lobby the NFL to return. Ninety percent of voters didn’t care, he said. And, of the 10% that did care, 90% of them emphasized the city should not spend a dime of its own money on a stadium. The NFL eventually got the message. The Rams returned ...
    by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Jul 12, 2023 3 minutes
    Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred applauds during the first round of the MLB Draft at Lumen Field on July 9, 2023, in Seattle.

    SEATTLE — In 2001, seven years after two NFL teams abandoned Southern California, I asked a Los Angeles mayoral candidate whether voters wanted him to lobby the NFL to return.

    Ninety percent of voters didn’t care, he said. And, of the 10% that did care, 90% of them emphasized the city should not spend a dime of its own money on a stadium.

    The NFL eventually got the message. The Rams returned in 2016, and the owner paid for the stadium. The Kings’ owners financed Staples Center,

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