On “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver went on an almost 20-minute rant about the stupidity of using tax payer money to fund these new, ridiculous stadiums and renovations. Citing a research study, Oliver states that between 2000-2010, $12 billion were spent on stadiums.
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What’s even more, another study said stadiums don’t provide consistent evidence of increased jobs, incomes or tax revenues. So why are we spending so much money on them? What can we do? Oliver breaks it down in a motivational speech.
Have fun buying those holographic replay machines someday, Bengals fans.
