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Lankford: End stadium tax subidies

Tulsa Beacon

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford, R-Oklahoma,  introduced the Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act, a bill to end generous federal subsidies for professional sports stadiums. The bill would close a loophole in the tax code that allows professional sports teams to finance new stadiums with municipal bonds that are exempt from federal taxes….