The summer heat isn’t the only thing that is rising. The debate to where FC Cincinnati should build their stadium is getting just as hot. Paul Barvincak from BaileyBanter.com wrote up a fantastic article on why the Newport location is perfect. Part of the article is below:

In March of 1996, Hamilton County residents voted in favor of a sales tax increase to help build Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ballpark. Just over 20 years later, many people not just in Cincinnati, but around the United States, view this sales tax increase as one of the worst stadium deals in the history of sports.

Hamilton County has spent over $900 million dollars in terms of construction and stadium management to keep the Bengals in Cincinnati. In fact, the city had to sell off a hospital, laying off county workers to help pay for stadium upgrades. Add in additional tax increases, little revenue produced by the stadium going back to the county, and five straight first round playoff exits, no wonder the city of Cincinnati doesn’t want to contribute financially to another stadium at all.

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