Prof finds stadium proposal “indecent”
A professor who studies tax evasion finds the suggestion of Quebec giving money to Stephen Bronfman to build a baseball stadium downright indecent. With sketches of the vastly wealthy men behind the project, all known to shelter their money in tax havens.
Kevin 10:12 on 2021-03-25 Permalink
The sheer volume of anti-baseball commentary I’ve seen in the past week is amazing. I cannot recall any project being dismissed this swiftly, and by such a wide swathe of the population, as this one.
It warms my heart, it truly does.
Joey 13:37 on 2021-03-25 Permalink
It doesn’t help that after what, seven years (?) Bronfman and his partners don’t have anything concrete to propose beyond “major real estate project (details TBD)” and “half of a baseball team.” The fact that they registered a lobbying mandate suggests they have a plan, but the fact that they didn’t anticipate someone noticing they registered and don’t have much of anything to say suggests that their plan is still half-baked or is unlikely to be well received. I recall Jack Todd breathlessly parroting the same BS about player salaries generating enough tax revenue to cover the cost of a ballpark a quarter-century ago.