John Oliver: You don't want a New Sports Stadium in Your City

[MurphDogg]

I am a big fan of stand-up comedy. I find it annoying that I often have to leave Baltimore to see my favorite national performers because there isn't a decent club that touring stand-ups play in Baltimore. That doesn't mean that I think that the citizens of Baltimore or Maryland should give the owners of the Improv, Zainies or Helium comedy club chains $1 million to open a club in Baltimore. If it was profitable to run a comedy club in Baltimore then one would likely exist by now. Public financing of stadiums is the same thing on a larger scale.

[Number5]

I am a big fan of stand-up comedy. I find it annoying that I often have to leave Baltimore to see my favorite national performers because there isn't a decent club that touring stand-ups play in Baltimore. That doesn't mean that I think that the citizens of Baltimore or Maryland should give the owners of the Improv, Zainies or Helium comedy club chains $1 million to open a club in Baltimore. If it was profitable to run a comedy club in Baltimore then one would likely exist by now. Public financing of stadiums is the same thing on a larger scale.

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