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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Because the province, not the city, collects income and sales taxes, the City is likely to net less than $4 million in additional revenues (" The proposal to host World Cup games in Toronto is a sucker’s deal.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I guess WMATA still has this opportunity with upcoming 50th anniversary of the start of service--2026--to get their "stuff" together, rebuild the consensus, actually figure out how to operate the system, grow it, if possible, etc. BART is celebrating its 50th.

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