The Dreams in the Field House* 0
The local Babbitts are once again salivating over throwing public money into a sports palace
Earlier this month, an attempt to build an arena in Virginia Beach with a National Basketball Association franchise as the anchor tenant was suspended when the company that would have operated the arena couldn’t agree to terms with the team that sources identified as the Sacramento Kings.
“Every time we’ve gone through this drill, we haven’t been as ready as we need to be,” Villanueva said. “Hopefully, this will make us ready when the future comes calling again. This would be a good opportunity for regional cooperation.”
More at the link.
One of the reasons that the last play failed to score a basket was public resentment of the secrecy attending the plotting planning to pull it off.
This would appear to be appear to be an attempt to allow more stuff to get done more quickly, perhaps before the resentment can take hold.
What is it about large men with small balls that makes Babbitts want to throw taxpayers’ money at them?
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*With apologies to Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
