John Oliver Demolishes America’s Publicly Funded Elite Sports Stadiums
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With all the talk of three (yes, three) NFL franchises relocating to Los Angeles, John Oliver spent a majority of “Last Week Tonight” deconstructing the notion that governments should cover the costs of building stadiums for billionaires.
Oh America, what are you doing? Public money helps builds sports stadiums, which then get loaded with extras like swimming pools and aquariums. And then the stadiums get to keep all the money when they sell the name rights to Smoothie King. Yep that sounds about right for us. Watch this week’s Last Week Tonight, as John Oliver checks out what’s doing on with America’s Sports Stadiums and the dizzying economic tailspin surrounding them.
