Buffalo Bill Stadium - The New Stadium

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State and erie county tax payers will be asked to contribute 850 million dollars in public fund for the construction of a new bill stadium. If the state legislature approves it, the buffalo bills will likely be set in buffalo for the next three decades. This is a city that did lose an nba franchise, that lost industrial power after industrial power over the years.

The Buffalo Bills are set to receive a record-breaking $850 million in public funds to build a new stadium — even though they’re owned by a fracking billionaire. An economist explains whether publicly funded stadiums ever work out in the public’s favor.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, and edited by Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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