Eminent Domain & Stadiums Like Oil & Vinegar.
Eminent Domain and stadiums is a controversial. Eminent domain by its self it controversial. Add in publicly funded stadiums and the controversy goes from jalapeño hot to ghost pepper hot.
Boston has decided to not use eminent domain to build the 2024 Olympic Stadium using eminent domain.
Local governments declaring no eminent domain is very trendy. Boston did it. North Texas cities did it this fall in protest to the Texas Toll Authority. It’s sparked Texas bill filings to prevent eminent domain use.
Boston’s refusal to use eminent domain is being heralded by conservative groups shocked that it happened in Boston and not ”not some red state or libertarian outpost in an untamed corner of Texas.”