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Stadiums: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on cities spending public money on privately owned sports stadiums, including how tax-exempt municipal bonds subsidize them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Pointed to in debates over stadium subsidies as a persuasive case that cities should not pay for stadiums.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “After watching it, it's pretty clear that cities should not pay for stadiums.”

    Makes clear cities should not pay for stadiums

    antattack, 2022-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Cities should not pay for new stadiums”

  2. “John Oliver did a good piece on this as well”

    Good piece on public funding of stadiums

    joshstrange, 2016-02 · Recommendation · in “Why a city should not build a stadium for an NFL team”

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Topics: public funding, stadiums, municipal bonds, john oliver, nfl

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