Recently, the Cleveland Plain Dealer asked, “Is public financing of sports venues worth it?” In a letter to the editor, the CEA’s John Mozena explained why the answer to that question is a resounding “no.”

The reality is that, however much we may care about sports, their economic impact on a community like Cleveland is so small as to be almost impossible to measure and can’t justify government spending or tax breaks of any form.

Read the whole letter here.

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