Tennessee Conservative
The Tennessee Department Of Tourist Development Again Released Large Claims About Tourism In The State, This Time Saying The State Saw $28.9 Billion In Direct Visitor Spending In 2022 After Estimating That Number At $27.5 Billion In March. Those Claims, However, Are Called Into Question By Economists.
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Forbes Estimates The Tennessee Titans’ Value Has Reached $4.4 Billion, Up 26% From Last Year. The Titans Saw The Largest Increase After The Team Got A Commitment For More Than $1.26 Billion In Financing For A New Stadium.
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Tennessee Republican Leaders Have Touted The State’s No. 3 Ranking In CNBC’s Top States For Business This Week, But The Cable Network’s Rankings Are Also Being Questioned.
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Starting In 2025, The Tennessee Smokies Minor League Baseball Team Will Have A New $114 Million Home In East Knoxville.
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Tennessee Once Again Claimed Victory When It Recently Touted That Visitors Had Spent $27.5 Billion On Tourism In The State In 2022. But Those Numbers, Presented By A Marketing Group Called Tourism Economics And Paid For By The United States Travel Association, Revealed Little About How The Numbers Were Computed.
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A Recent Academic Paper On The Economics Of Sports Stadiums Again Has Highlighted How Publicly Funding Professional Sports Stadiums Does Not Provide The Benefits Promised By Politicians.
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The City Of Memphis Plans To Ask The State Of Tennessee To Contribute $350 Million Toward Renovation Projects At Three City-Owned Arenas And To Help Build A New Soccer-Specific Stadium For Memphis 901 FC.
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After Announcing A Deal To Build A New Titans Stadium That Will Cost At Least $2.1 Billion, The Next Step For Metro Nashville In The Approval Process Will Be To Present The Deal To The City’s East Bank Stadium Committee At 4:30 P.M. On Oct. 26.
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Metro Nashville Announced A Deal With The Tennessee Titans To Build An Estimated $2.1 Billion New Stadium That Includes At Least $1.26 Billion In Taxpayer Funds. Of That, $500 Million Will Come Directly From The State Of Tennessee.
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Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower States That The Plans To Build The New South Broad District In Chattanooga, That Include A New Stadium For The Lookouts, Are In The Best Interest Of The State If Two Conditions Are Met.
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