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The Economist, May 19TH-25TH, 2012
Page 41
Financing football stadiums
Bread, circuses and leather balls
Atlanta
Gouging taxpayers for sport

The Falcons, Atlanta's professional football team, have played their home games at the Geogia Dome, America's largest indoor sports arena, since 1992. It cost $214m to build and another $55m to renovate. In those 20 seasons they have an overall losing record, including seven losses and four wins in the playoffs, and no Super Bowl titles. Attendance has been respectable, but below capacity--perhaps because fans dislike the prospect of watching a football game indoors on a beautiful autumn day. That said, many may also dislike the prospect of watching a football game in the rain, or on a sweltering day in early autumn. The Georgia Dome also hosts non-football events, such as basketball games and trade shows, that require an enclosed space...

David CK Chang, SSN057-86-4042,
May 30, 2012,
National Central Library,
Taipei City