NPR had a story this morning with a Bee Sports Columnist who gave us the following wisdom. "Without public money, the new Kings arena won't be built." So what. The hapless Kings are an embarrassment their 12-47 record is not a record but then there is still time for them to lose some more games.
King's boosters have tried a number of times to make the case for public spending to help bailout this private enterprise under all the normal arguments. Sports franchises create local jobs. (Of course the jobs are minimum wage and they only exist for a few days a year.) Sports teams bring prestige to the region. (Gee, is there a loser's category for prestige?) Without a National Sports Franchise our area will be a cow town. (Cows are probably more entertaining than the Kings!)
The Kings are losing money in part because of their outrageous ticket prices and genuinely mediocre talent. Who'd want to spend a couple of hundred bucks to see a lousy team play? The answer is fewer and fewer people from the area. Let's hope the boosters get told again the clear result of every chance we've had for voters to express an opinion - NO PUBLIC MONEY FOR SPORTS FRANCHISES.
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