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Mar 18 2009

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Washington Nationals ballpark
Dallas stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium
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Nationals Park (Washington, D.C.)
Total cost1: $693 million
Year of opening: 2008
The District of Columbia put up most of the money for the ballpark, funding it with a bond issue to be paid off through a series of ballpark tax hikes coupled with rent payments from the team.
Unnamed Cowboys Stadium (Dallas)
Total cost1: $1.1 billion
Year of opening: 2009
Taxpayers put up $325 million for the new stadium. The rest of the money was shouldered by the Cowboys. Team owner Jerry Jones says it’s costing him $1 million a day.
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
Total cost: $720 million
Year of opening: 2008
Most of the money came from public coffers, funded by a higher tourist tax in the surrounding counties. The Colts contributed $100 million. This year, the city projected an annual deficit of $20 million.
Target Field (Minneapolis)
Total cost1: $517 million
Year of opening: 2010 The public put up $350 million in city money, and the Twins contributed $130 million. Since the funding was initially approved in 2006, the Twins gave an additional $22.5 million for added construction costs.—David Levine.
Note: 1 Projected.

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