00:00sports business journal here some indiana residents are not thrilled about the new taxes
00:04tied to the potential bear stadium in heaven i got a clue for you indiana you're never getting
00:08the bears anyway but it's kind of funny it's like hey wait a second my taxes went up because we
00:12built the bears a new stadium yeah i mean it was listen again the bears like played it like a
00:19like
00:20puppets across the board played illinois played got indiana to get all excited and then before
00:26anybody all of a sudden indiana is now going wait wait a minute i mean yes we get the bit
00:31but well
00:31wait a minute how much money are we gonna have to pay but it already served its purpose because the
00:36leverage has been taken and now the bears will get exactly what they want in illinois and by the way
00:43the thing i always love about this too is because it's spread out statewide but let's just call it
00:47like las vegas like people are pissed off like las vegas used to be affordable they wanted you to come
00:52they wanted you to gamble cheap rates for the rooms here comp stuff like meals and all that good
00:57stuff and even if you weren't comp though i go to a really good buffet for 1999 get prime rib
01:02lobster
01:02tail that was vegas and all of a sudden vegas starts you know saying all right uh increase the taxes
01:07sports teams are coming here and that's where you go like hey this 99 room joe 99 room a night
01:12is
01:12awesome why is it 246 when i check out admission fees here hotel tax overnight tax state gambling tax
01:20that's where it goes to so you must say we're not going to hit you publicly here with this but
01:24when you start to spend money now you're going to see like wait a second i just wanted to eat
01:28had a steak dinner there's a five percent excess tax on top of this because a new stadium is coming
01:34to town get ready it's coming donnie i mean uh across the board here you all you want this team
01:41uh
01:41they dangle that carrot right get you all excited like yes we want the bear and then all of a
01:46sudden
01:47it's like yeah by the way here's the bill uh yeah now oh you don't want it anymore but you
01:52know what
01:52got the bears exactly what they needed to get exactly what they want anyway
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