<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Nice stadium you built there.  Shame if nothing happened to&nbsp;it.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Amidst <a href="https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-football/hc-sp-rentschler-field-uconn-football-east-hartford-development-20190224-dbvunnqb2fhnfgyiwqeaoscqnm-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">another sad tale</a> of a public stadium failing to fill all the grandiose promises of economic fulfillment comes perhaps the greatest epitaph you&#8217;ll ever see.</p>
<blockquote><p>“People drive into the stadium, they tailgate and they drive out. The fastest way they can get in and the fastest way they can get out. <strong>Even our package stores haven’t seen an influx of economic benefit.</strong>”  <em>[Emphasis added.]</em></p></blockquote>
<p>When you can&#8217;t even do it for the liquor stores, you know you&#8217;ve got a real lemon on your hands.</p>
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