Tim Ricketts wants to use state bonds to renovate Wrigley Field. Since the State is barely able to pay its bills, I am sure the Legislature can find a better use for $300 million than lending it to one of the few Major League Baseball teams that fills its stadium to near-capacity for every single game. The Ricketts say they will pay this loan back to us by charging an "amusement tax" on all tickets. If I understand correctly, then, the Ricketts will borrow from us tax payers to improve their stadium and pay for it by charging a tax to those same tax-paying Cub fans. After the kind of season they just had I can think of better ways to, as Ricketts would say, “make the fan experience better.”
-HW
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