Handouts to the millionaire owners of the Orioles and Ravens are way out of hand (“Orioles to construct premium home plate club by 2026, relocate press box,” June 11). Why do average working citizens have to pay for things to help attract fans to put more money into the pockets of the millionaire owners whether through borrowing financed with lottery revenue or any other public source?
It is bad enough we built the two veritable palaces for them to play in, we have to constantly be billed more to improve them to maybe attract a few more fans. The cost of these improvements should be added to ticket prices. I bet about 90% of Maryland taxpayers never set foot in either Oriole Park at Camden Yards or M&T Bank Stadium. With the O’s playing so poorly (they are about the worst team in baseball) and the fear of going downtown, there really isn’t any reason for improvements.
Most of my friends never go downtown anymore including me.
Another ripoff is we have to pay for a new Pimlico Race Course, another place most of us will ever go.
— Joe Heldmann, Catonsville
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