Public money is status quo for pro teams

 
By John Estus
Published: December 31, 2007

If you fund it, they will come.

That's the tune cities have heard for years from professional sports franchises looking for a new place to be the hometown team.

The City Council is expected to set a March election asking Oklahoma City voters to approve an extension of an existing one-cent sales tax that would last 15 months and raise $121 million for Ford Center improvements intended to help lure the Seattle ...


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