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Originally Posted by AlsoEligible
To be fair, NFL stadiums get used throughout the off-season for concerts, festivals, job fairs, other sports (World Cup 2026 will utilize 16 different stadiums around the country). So there's a lot of ways for those cities to recoup their investment besides football.
To your point, Pimlico doesn't do any of that. There's Preakness weekend, and that's it. There used to be an annual concert festival in the infield (usually in Sep/Oct), but that stopped a few years ago. Truth is, no one wants to be caught dead in that part of town unless there's 100,000 people and a heavy police presence with them. Spending $400m to polish a turd that will still only see a big crowd two days a year is a ridiculous waste of money.
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In theory your point about football stadiums is true, but in practice most of them sit empty for most of the year or just host one or two concerts.
But you are completely right that Pimlico gets little non-horse racing use.
