July 15, 2015
Fox6 News Milwaukee
[Madison, Wisc…] The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday, July 15th passed Senate Bill 209 — a funding plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee. The vote was 21-10 to approve $250 million in public funding for the arena. The bipartisan agreement came with some last-minute changes — changes not everyone is happy with.
But in order to get the votes needed to pass the arena funding plan, it took some serious bipartisanship — something we haven’t seen a lot of in recent years at the Capitol. However, opposition to the plan also cut across party lines.
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Nick Novak from the conservative MacIver Institute says there are a number of liberals and conservatives who oppose the idea of putting tax dollars toward a private arena — especially one used primarily by wealthy team owners.
“There are so many other ways and so many other places you could get funding for this arena — whether it be through the billionaire owners that own the team and are running the team, or through naming rights of the stadium,” Novak said.
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