Tax Money for a Soccer Stadium?
State officials have decided to help subsidize the effort to build a soccer stadium in the city of Chester with about $47 million in grants and loans, which Gov. Rendell has billed as part of a much bigger waterfront redevelopment project in that depressed Delaware County town.
State officials have decided to help subsidize the effort to build a soccer stadium in the city of Chester with about $47 million in grants and loans, which Gov. Rendell has billed as part of a much bigger waterfront redevelopment project in that depressed Delaware County town.
It's not clear what would happen with this money if Chester doesn't win the soccer franchise it's pursuing, but do you think government should spend tax money to in any way subsidize a sports team?
Or does the fact that the soccer stadium is just a piece of a larger economic development project justify the use of public money, some of which is supposed to be repaid?
In Chester County, West Chester mayor Dick Yoder, and some other officials hope to attract a minor league baseball team, which will need a stadium of some kind. If, and it's a big if, the baseball backers were to seek some public money from the county or state for this, how would you feel?
Tell us what you think about such subsidies by Tuesday, in 200 words or less. Send an e-mail to
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