Stadium Building Bill. No Eminent Domain

What’s happening? VA wants to lure a professional football team and build a new stadium. The bill to effectuate this would not allow for the use of eminent domain. HB 1353 (2022 | VA)

Why is this important? news accounts of the taking of BIPOC neighborhoods to build stadiums are being identified by local governments across the country that want to build better relationships with their BIPOC residents.

How will this be important? Let’s watch and see if more development bills exclude eminent domain, which way will the winds blow?