The arena is crushing taxpayers. Denis Frankenberger on Billion Dollar Basketball and how to remedy this boondoggle

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We, the people, will pay over a BILLION DOLLARS for the KFC Yum Center. Denis Frankenberger says a few adjustments in the contract the Yum has with the University of Louisville could markedly reduce the costs so that taxpayer money could be directed elsewhere.
Denis Frankenberger, author of BILLION DOLLAR BASKETBALL, has the sobering details.

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The arena is crushing taxpayers. Denis Frankenberger on Billion Dollar Basketball and how to remedy this boondoggle

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