News4JAX spoke to a Florida taxpayer watchdog group that looks at the possible return on investment.
, show the ideal plans for the stadium of the future. It’s hard to argue it’s not awesome. However, how to pay for this is debatable.
“Beautiful stadium but being located in the heart of the homeless population of Jacksonville makes the price tag hard to swallow. I could see the taxpayers chipping in for 20% but not 50% as the city gets very little benefit, and Khan makes all the profit,” one News4JAX reader wrote. Florida Tax Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that looks out for taxpayers’ best interests. He says both sides, the Jags and the city, will have to budge a little to come to an agreement.
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