A Thunderously Bad Deal: Oklahoma City’s Crony Arena Tax

Tags: Big Government, Corporate Welfare, Cronyism and Corporatism

08/04/2025 Landen Terrell

Oklahoma City will be building a new arena for the 2025 NBA Champions Thunder. Not surprisingly, the taxpayers will be the ones carrying most of the financial burden.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thunderously-bad-deal-oklahoma-citys-crony-arena-tax

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