Argumentative Essay About Stadium Subsidies

The purpose of this paper is to write about stadium subsidies. The stadium I chose to write about is the Lincoln financial field located in Philadelphia. The reason I chose to write about this stadium is because this stadium is close to my home plus the eagles play at this stadium, and I am a huge eagles fan. I was also told to choose two between the four questions.

What are the benefits to a town of building a new stadium? In my opinion there seems to be more benefits or more of a positive effect from a city building a stadium more than negative. According to the information that I’ve researched it’s one of the few stadiums that seems to have a lot of benefits especially after it was rebuilt.

Some of the benefits that comes with the Linc Field are such as the new stadium now contains a double amount of luxury seats as well as new wheel-chair accessible seats and more modern services. Also it is now open to a lot more sports other than football such as soccer, lacrosse and etc. The stadium has a huge impact on tourism as well which pretty much puts a lot more coin in the government’s pocket. More Jobs are now open to people who live in the city which is beneficial to the cities employment status. Businesses also benefit from stadiums. After every game or event fans rush to different restaurants, bars or etc. which contributes to both the city and the government.

The negative effect of the stadiums being built is that the taxes of the residents increase. Also it can either ruin small businesses or help them depending what companies are involved. The positive of the stadium is it helps players get out into the community to do more for their city. The main point is the government won’t be effected as badly as regular citizens or