Drew WilsonJune 6, 2023
6min0
'It seems as if the Jacksonville Jaguars have had more wins making taxpayers pay for their projects than victories on the field.'
Tag: stadium funding
Drew WilsonJune 6, 2023
Peter SchorschAugust 23, 2017
3min272
Republican state Rep. Bryan Avila earned some praise from Americans for Prosperity-Florida for sponsoring a bill to kill Sunshine State stadium deals. The conservative group called the Florida Sports Development Fund, an incentive program greenlighted by lawmakers in 2014, “corporate welfare” and lauded Avila’s HB 6005, filed Tuesday, for attempting to repeal the “sports incentive […]
Jim RosicaDecember 6, 2016
3min444
A new House bill would prohibit sports teams in Florida from building or refurbishing stadiums on public land. State Rep. Bryan Avila, a Hialeah Republican, filed the bill (HB 77) Tuesday. The House website shows it does not yet have a Senate companion. The legislation says “sports franchise(s) may not construct, reconstruct, renovate, or improve […]