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Wednesday, July 7, 2004
A reminder about economics
A little tax money doesn’t always go far enough when it comes to sports stadiums. Detroit is having a tough time paying for the upkeep on its old baseball stadium. Cincinnati isn’t getting as much from its stadium-supporting sales tax bump as it wanted, making it difficult to pay off the $647 million the county borrowed to build two stadiums and a joint parking lot.
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There’s a new enemy in town
Ohio State has a new basketball coach. Xavier’s Thad Matta, fresh off an Elite Eight appearance, has agreed to take over the Buckeyes troubled and sinking roundball program. No word on whether he’s counting the days to his first Ann Arbor appearance.
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