re: Florida wins the UAB lottery. Gators setting up a super tough schedule in '17

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The city does not do it out of the kindness of their heart though. They want to keep Legion Field viable and hopefully one day put a stadium of some capacity in a redone BJCC. All cities take a loss like this trying to encourage business. Look at how much cities spend in tax breaks for stadiums

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I understand. I've actually been a mayor (of an Alabama municipality smaller than many B'ham neighborhoods) and gone the tax abatement route for both retail and industrial development. I'm willing to forego money I wasn't getting anyhow to draw entities that pay dividends down the road but straight out cash money is a line I just would not (and did not) cross. Just a difference in political perspective.