[andy_wrote]

I don't know anything about the Israel-Intel deal and have not decided personally how I feel about HQ2 in NYC. But I upvoted your comment because it emphasizes looking at other historical deals, and not just the projections and analysis on the current deal, and would love to read more of that in this discussion. This is a very large project over long horizons (10yrs) and it's hard to imagine being anything but extremely uncertain about projections; you have to look at history.

I'm also a sports fan, and I've read about the dismal returns to taxpayer-subsidized new stadiums despite rosy promises of economic development, and tend to look askance at this kind of thing.

[Fomite]

Stadiums and convention centers are pretty classic examples.