like all the other businesses in St. Louis. If I, applied for a loan to start a business, I get the standard 21% loan. If I wanted to start a ballpark or statium, apparently I can get a $300M grant with no payback (IE: Richfare) to build it provided I own a sports team.
Other things in Saint Louis besides Sorts Teams that bring people in:
Our Universities
Our Hospitals
Our Transportation (Planes, Trains, and Autombiles pass through here all the time)
Our Convention Centers
The Brewery, Grant's Farm, etc. Herr Busch is good to us.
St. Louis Zoo
St. Louis Science Center
Several Casinos, boats in moats
Soulard Market
Six Flags (not that far away)
Plus the fact that it is the Gateway to the west and many people pass through here on route to other locations.
We got more that sports teams to pack people in. If you ask me, and the sports teams left, we would be better off. Sports fans used to come in to the Metrolink and dent up my car as they tried to park their car while drunk. Plus they pack the Metrolink up when they come in, and many of them do not bathe, and sometimes you are standing up with their armpits in your face. Plus they leave litter everywhere, spit everywhere, and park where they shouldn't park.