Is a sports stadium a public good?

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Michael Reitz

The Supreme Court thinks so. Zack Lowe at The Am Law Daily has a good summary of yesterday's Safeco field ruling.

For more on that question, check out CLEAN v. State, 130 Wash.2d 782 (1996). The Stadium Act provided public financing for the construction of Safeco Field, and included an "emergency clause" which shields legislation from referendum. Emergency clauses declare an act "necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, support of the state government and its existing public institutions." The Supreme Court upheld that particular emergency declaration.

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Kit - March 8, 2009 3:56 PM

This was a travesty and a waste of taxpayers $ - I am ashamed to live in such a state -

Ben Name - May 16, 2011 9:00 PM

Me too. Baseball can take it's jobs and money and go somewhere else. Why do we have football and soccer too? Basketball should be the landslide to remove all extracurricular activities from high schools too. Who needs nationally recognized music programs or kids doing science fairs when factory jobs are everywhere in this state.

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