I‘m very sympathetic to the liberal, good-government argument that building big sports complexes with public money is a bad idea because it benefits owners and teams and disadvantages taxpayers. But here’s liberal blogger/economist Ryan Avent discussing Chicago’s Olympic bid and (a) admitting the liberal critique of publicly-financed sports venues while (b) finding a liberal silver lining:
The Olympics can help to align the interests of fractious local governments and increase public acceptance of tax increases.
