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The Absolute Worst Time to Ask for a Stadium Incentive Package

The Absolute Worst Time to Ask for a Stadium Incentive Package

Mar 25, 2020

In a sea of coverage about health care and social-distancing measures, there is a big outlier in St. Louis news...

The MLS Deal Keeps Getting Better for Taxpayers

The MLS Deal Keeps Getting Better for Taxpayers

Jan 27, 2020

Recent news that the owners of a new Major League Soccer franchise in St. Louis will not be getting $40...

The Entirely Predictable Failure of Sports Teams Subsidies

The Entirely Predictable Failure of Sports Teams Subsidies

Aug 15, 2019

The River City Rascals are taking their ball and going home. This was not entirely surprising as the team was...

Better Is a Relative Term

Better Is a Relative Term

Jul 19, 2019

Rumor has it that later this month Major League Soccer (MLS) will announce the next cities to be blessed with...

Patrick Tuohey Responds to WXOS’s Bernie Miklasz on MLS Stadium Deal

Patrick Tuohey Responds to WXOS’s Bernie Miklasz on MLS Stadium Deal

Nov 30, 2018

When ESPN Radio host Bernie Miklasz took to the air to attack David Hunn’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on the...

Subsidized Downtown Stadiums, Forever and Always, a Bad Idea

Subsidized Downtown Stadiums, Forever and Always, a Bad Idea

Jul 28, 2017

The Kansas City Star editorial board rightfully condemned even idle talk of building a sports stadium downtown.  And while most...

Cheerleading Won’t Make the MLS Stadium a Good Deal for Taxpayers

Cheerleading Won’t Make the MLS Stadium a Good Deal for Taxpayers

Apr 3, 2017

This past week I’ve been discussing plans to write a $60 million taxpayer check to potential owners of a Major...

Mike Ferguson Breaks Down Public Funding For MLS on Allman Report

Mike Ferguson Breaks Down Public Funding For MLS on Allman Report

Mar 30, 2017

Show-Me Opportunity’s Mike Ferguson appeared on ABC 30’s The Allman Report on Wednesday, March 29, to discuss the public funding...

Yes, the Soccer Stadium Proposal Will Cost City Residents

Yes, the Soccer Stadium Proposal Will Cost City Residents

Feb 24, 2017

We have covered the rollercoaster ride of bringing a Major League Soccer team to Saint Louis for a few months...

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