Stan Kroenke (owner of the LA Rams) is building a new stadium in Inglewood (across the street from the old LA Forum that Jack Kent Cooke built originally for the NHL LA Kings) The cost could reach $2.66 billion but yet >90% of the cost will be paid privately-in fact LA county made it clear to Kroenke to not even bother moving the Rams from St. Louis (their last home city) if he expected any major funding from the city/county--so the lesson is that it is up to the city/municipalities to stand up to these greedy owners and make it clear they won't be on the hook for most (if any) of the costs of building these "playpens" unless they assume the costs-the fact that the economic benefits to the city don't outweigh the costs should make that very clear