claim: "of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came from public sources."
author: duriya farooqui
evidence_1: be made clear below, the justifications for public funding for stadiums are weak,  and the .... to purchase capital, federal grants are also an important source of  funds ..... provides a larger benefit to high-income taxpayers (galper et al., 2013).  ..... tax-exempt municipal bonds to finance at least 90 percent of their total costs.
evidence_2: dec 26, 2013 ... below are summaries of some of our fact checks and findings. ... 13 presentation:  "of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total costs came  from public sources." ... "no one in the country has ever built a brand-new sports  facility and created this kind of development at the same time," ...
evidence_3: centurylink field is a multi-purpose stadium located in seattle, washington,  united states. it is the home field for the seattle seahawks of the national  football league (nfl) and seattle sounders fc of major league soccer (mls).  originally called seahawks stadium, it became qwest field in june 2004, ... this  vote created the washington state public stadium authority to oversee ...
evidence_4: "of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came  from public sources." — politifact georgia on friday, march 1st, 2013. page 1 of  1.
evidence_5: gillette stadium is a stadium located in foxborough, massachusetts, 28 miles (45  km) .... the residents of south boston objected to a stadium being built in that  location, ... would have cost $250 million, and would have been paid through  income taxes, public .... in all, the patriots are 16–3 at gillette stadium in the  playoffs.