Taxpayers may help pay for the Rangers' $1bn ballpark – but at least they'll get aircon | Tom Dart


The public are still footing the bill for stadiums across the US but many see it as a way of helping out the local economy

At a cost of $1bn to put a chill in the air during Texas Rangers games, it would surely go down as the sports world’s most expensive air-conditioning bill.

Voters in the city that is home to the Rangers go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to finance a new Major League Baseball stadium that would replace a popular facility that is barely two decades old.

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