Stadiums For Every Rich Person In Town!

A group of rich owners of a soccer team recently got Pennsylvania to give them millions of dollars (somewhere north of $30 million) to build a soccer stadium even though it’s a horrible investment. Since the Keystone State is so happy to give away money, it appears New Jersey has jumped into the ring, to.: Camden County (!) and Atlantic City (!!) are looking to give millions of millions of dollars to Comcast (!!!) to build a stadium (!!!!) for the minor-league hockey Phantoms (!!!!!).

Yes, since Comcast will soon knock down the Spectrum and build a pre-packaged neighborhood/theme park/hotel/water slide (hopefully), a bunch of local governments are hoping to get the Phantoms to move to their town by giving rich people a ton of money. Allentown, too, is attempting to lure the Phantoms its way. Are the Kixx that far away from getting a boffo stadium deal?

Actually, there’s something even funnier than the Kixx getting a stadium deal: People in Chester County want to build a minor-league baseball stadium. And they’ll want some state money to do it, too. No, really.

In other news, Philadelphia Will Do has announced plans for a 10,000-seat stadium permanently hovering over the city of Philadelphia via an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys. The state has already kicked in $25 mil.

Will Comcast-Spectacor’s plans for hockey arena haunt taxpayers? [Philly Inc.]
If Chester County builds it, will you fund? [Philly Inc.]