LETTER: Nevada subsidies for film and TV production
An artist rendering of what the Oakland Athletics Las Vegas ballpark could look like. The $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat stadium is planned to be located on 9 acre of land of the 35-acre Tropicana site. (Oakland Athletics)
Michael Brown’s Oct. 12 Viewpoints article on using state tax dollars to subsidize film and TV production in Nevada made some valid points, especially about potential long-term state revenue from film industry investment.
But the article missed a bigger comparison: Las Vegas taxpayers are already subsidizing a baseball stadium on the Strip, owned by a multi-millionaire and hosting multi-millionaire players. Where’s the return on that investment for local taxpayers?
