Hidden Subsidies and the Public Ownership of Sports Facilities:

The Case of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara

By

Robert Baumann, Victor Matheson, and Debra O’Connor

August 2017

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 Hidden Subsidies and the Public Ownership of Sports Facilities:
The Case of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara

By
Robert Baumann† Victor Matheson ††
College of the Holy Cross College of the Holy Cross

and

Debra O’Connor†††
College of the Holy Cross

August 2017

Abstract
Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California is an example of a private financing / public
ownership arrangement. While the stadium’s construction resulted in no direct tax increases, this
ownership arrangement allows the San Francisco 49ers to avoid many types of taxes on the
income generated from Levi’s Stadium. We estimate the total tax savings to the 49ers at between
$106 and $213 million over the first 20 years of Levi’s Stadium compared with a privately
financed and owned option. We argue that tax savings inherent in private financing / public
ownership arrangements represent indirect and hidden subsidies.
.

JEL Classification Codes: H71, H83, L83, Z23

Keywords: football, sports, stadium, tax subsidies, accounting

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Department of Economics and Accounting, Box 192A, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, MA 01610-2395, 508-793-3879, [email protected]
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Department of Economics and Accounting, Box 157A, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, MA 01610-2395, 508-793-2649, [email protected]
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Department of Economics and Accounting, Box 45A, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, MA 01610-2395, 508-793-2689, [email protected]
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Introduction

The past 30 years have witnessed a remarkable transformation of the stadium

infrastructure among the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. In

2016, 135 out of the 143 teams in the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball

Association (NBA), Major League Soccer (MLS), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National

Hockey League (NHL) will be playing in facilities constructed or significantly refurbished since

1987. The overwhelming majority of these facilities have received significant public subsidies to

cover construction costs or through one-time or on-going tax exemptions. The median public

contribution to stadium and arena construction expenses over the past 30 years is roughly 70

percent of the building cost.

In the NFL, every team plays in a stadium under 30 years old or a stadium having

undergone major updates over that time. See Table 1 for a list of current NFL stadiums, along

with their costs. One of the notable aspects of this list is the recent spate of billion dollar

stadiums starting in 2009 with a new stadium in Arlington, Texas for the Dallas Cowboys, and

continuing on with pricy new stadiums in East Rutherford, New Jersey (New York Giants and

New York Jets), Santa Clara, California (San Francisco 49ers), Minneapolis, Minnesota

(Minnesota Vikings), and Atlanta, Georgia (Atlanta Falcons). Not only are the nominal price tags

of these stadiums eye-popping, but in most cases the public contribution to the construction of

these facilities is a fraction of the amount spent on stadiums over the previous 20 years. In fact,

for the 25 NFL stadium projects between 1987 and 2008, the taxpayer picked up roughly three-

quarters of the total constructions costs. Since 2009, the total public contribution has been only

about one-quarter of the total construction costs.

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 Furthermore, in each of the billion dollar stadiums that have recently opened or are

currently under construction, the team or the league has contributed between half and all of the

construction costs. The actual facility, however, is or will be owned by a government agency

specifically created for the stadium even though, in most cases, all of the operational and

management functions are performed by the team. This paper examines the tax benefits to an

NFL team of having a publicly owned but privately operated stadium, with a specific analysis of

Levi’s Stadium, the San Francisco 49ers stadium that opened in 2014 in Santa Clara. A careful

analysis of the tax benefits demonstrates that teams are still receiving substantial public subsidies

despite an apparent reduction in the direct subsidies for NFL stadiums. These indirect subsidies

include an exemption from property taxes and a reduction in income taxes. The analysis

indicates that the value of the indirect hidden subsidies for the Levi’s Stadium is between $106

and $213 million dollars over the first twenty years of its existence.

Santa Clara Stadium

The opening of Levi’s Stadium in August 2014 was the culmination of several attempts

to replace Candlestick Park, the home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers since 1971. In two

separate attempts, the 49ers planned a new stadium near their current home in Candlestick Point.

Both of these attempts would have utilized public funding from the city of San Francisco, but a

combination of outside forces and disagreements between the 49ers and the city stalled both of

these efforts. The second attempt is notable because the city hoped a new stadium would increase

their chances to win the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.1 Soon after these plans

dissolved in 2006, the 49ers announced a commitment to move the team to Santa Clara, roughly

1
Matier, Phillip, and Andrew Ross, “Newsom’s Olympic Vision sees new 49ers stadium,” San Francisco
Chronicle, July 11, 2006.

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40 miles to the southeast and also the home of its headquarters and training facility. In the past,

the city of Santa Clara had tried unsuccessfully to attract two of the other Bay Area professional

teams, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s.

In July 2009, 49er officials presented plans for a new stadium to the Santa Clara City

Council. These preliminary plans noted a proposed $937 million stadium operated by a

partnership between the city and the team.2 It pledged that construction would not use money

from the city’s general fund or require any new taxes, hold the 49ers responsible for any cost

overruns, and set the rent paid by the 49ers at “fair market.”3 The Santa Clara City Council voted

to put the issue to a ballot measure vote.

This initiative, known as Measure J, was passed by city voters with roughly 58 percent

support on June 8, 2010. At the time, it was believed that the public contribution would be

roughly $114 million from Redevelopment Authority funds and an increase in the local hotel tax.

It was hoped that the city might recoup a portion of these funds through their cut of stadium

revenues from any non-NFL events which are split evenly between the 49ers and the city.

In February 2011, the city of Santa Clara formed the Santa Clara Stadium Authority,

which

“…exists as a public body, separate and distinct from the City, and is established to

provide for development and operation of the proposed stadium, in order to ensure that

the stadium serves the goals of its other member--the City of Santa Clara.”4

Membership in the Santa Clara Stadium Authority is technically the city of Santa Clara, but the

governing board comprises most of the city’s most powerful politicians, including the mayor,

city manager, and the seven members of the city council.5

2
Associated Press, “Niners show Santa Clara officials plans for new $937 million stadium,” July 15, 2009.
3
City of Santa Clara, “Stadium Term Sheet”, http://santaclara.gov/index.aspx?page=1197, accessed March 4, 2014.
4
City of Santa Clara, “Stadium Authority”, http://santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=1880, accessed March 4, 2014.

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 Construction could not begin until financing was secured. Ultimately the Santa Clara

Stadium Authority received $950 million in loans from a combination of private banks.6 Since

the ballot measure promised that the stadium would not impact the city’s general fund, the loan

will be repaid through a variety of stadium revenues such as naming rights, lease payments from

the team, and “stadium builders licenses” (i.e., personal seat licenses (PSL)) sales. By this time,

the estimated cost of the stadium had risen to well over $1 billion, and the NFL agreed to provide

an additional $200 million in funding through its “G4” program in February 2012. The G4

program provides loans from the NFL’s general fund for stadium construction.7 With the vast

majority of its funding in place, groundbreaking for the new stadium occurred in April 2012 (See

Figure 1).

It should be noted that it is somewhat odd that a facility billed as an almost entirely

privately financed stadium, with only a $114 million public contribution, required the Santa

Clara Stadium Authority, for all intents and purposes a public agency, to borrow $950 million for

stadium construction. Similarly, if the team is responsible for the majority of the construction

costs, it seems unusual for them to then grant ownership of its fixed investment to a local

government entity. In fact, the sole purpose of this agency is to funnel revenues raised to build

the stadium through a public agency rather than a private firm. As the next section of this paper

will demonstrate, this setup has significant tax advantages to the 49ers.

By 2013, plans for other revenue sources began to surface. In May 2013, the San

Francisco-based jeans company Levi Strauss, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, and the 49ers

announced an agreement to name the structure “Levi’s Stadium” in exchange for approximately

5
Ibid.
6
Rosenberg, Mike, “Levi’s Stadium is a model for privately financed venues,” San Francisco Chronicle, February
5, 2016..
7
Mintz, Howard, “NFL owners approve $200 million loan for 49ers stadium,” San Jose Mercury News, February 3,
2012.

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$220 million over 20 years. Seventy percent of the naming rights payments accrue to the city and

the remainder to the team.8 Levi’s Stadium has already hosted several events outside of home

49ers games. The inaugural event at the stadium was a MLS match between the San Jose

Earthquakes and the Seattle Sounders FC on August 2, 2014. In addition, Levi’s Stadium has

hosted a college football game between the University of California and the University of

Oregon in October 2014, WrestleMania 31 in March 2015, and Super Bowl L in February 2016.

The design of the stadium allows it to host a variety of events, including international soccer,

motocross, and concerts.

By mid-2013, costs had risen to $1.3 billion.9 Around this time, the Santa Clara Stadium

Authority refinanced its non-NFL loans and announced that revenues from seat licenses had

exceeded expectations.10 For these reasons, the Stadium Authority lowered rent for the 49ers

from $30 million to $24.5 million per year.11 Profits for the 49ers during the inaugural season

were projected to be $100 million, 12 but more recent estimates place yearly profits at just over

$150 million thanks to higher than expected sales.13 This is particularly large for an organization

with near zero profit margins in the previous seasons. Given these estimates of revenue sources

to build the stadium, it is now possible to estimate the tax advantages associated with essentially

privately building the stadium using a public agency as a shell corporation.

8
Rosenberg, Mike, “Levi’s Stadium: 49ers’ new Santa Clara home gets a name in $220 million deal,” San Jose
Mercury News, May 8, 2013.
9
Rosenberg, Mike, “49ers new Santa Clara stadium cost goes up again - - to $1.3 billion,” San Jose Mercury News,
June 8, 2013.
10
Rosenberg, Mike, “New San Francisco 49ers stadium’s long-term costs drop by up to $90 million,” San Jose
Mercury News, May 1, 2013.
11
Rosenberg, Mike, “49ers new Santa Clara stadium cost goes up again - - to $13. billion,” San Jose Mercury News,
June 8, 2013.
12
Kawakami, Tim, “Cash Register: The 49ers’ profit-margin in Santa Clara, starting next year will be LARGE,”
blog of San Jose Mercury News, August 30, 2013.
13
Kawakami, Tim, “The 49ers are minting money ($150M+ annual profits), it’s official now–and the Raiders are
doing OK, too,” San Jose Mercury News, September 16, 2016.

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Estimating Tax Advantages

As currently structured, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority is designed to pay for the

financing of the stadium through revenues generated by the stadium - primarily naming rights

and personal seat licenses. The team keeps the entire revenue generated by NFL events and splits

the revenue generated by non-NFL events with the city. Due to complexities in the financial

arrangements, all numbers in this section should be considered approximations. Although the

Stadium Authority borrowed a substantial amount of money to finance construction, personal

seat license revenue allowed the Stadium Authority to retire a substantial portion of its initial

debt soon after its construction. After the conclusion of the first 49er football season, personal set

license revenue was $554.6 million.14 The remaining long term debt – approximately $540

million – is split over three loans with different terms and interest rates.15 For our purposes, we

amortize the remaining long-term debt over 25 years at an interest rate of 5%, a conservative

estimate of what the stadium authority is currently paying on its loans. In addition, the 49ers are

paying rent of $24.5 million per year and the Stadium Authority’s 70% share of Levi Strauss’

20-year, $220 million stadium naming rights deal amounts to another $7.7 million per year.

These two payments put together, both of which come from private payment streams, are

sufficient to cover the debt payments. Thus, the direct subsidy from the city of Santa Clara

towards the stadium is limited to $114 million or just under 10% of the total construction cost, an

amount well below the historical average subsidy for stadium construction in the NFL, or the

other major sports leagues in the U.S. However, the indirect subsidies to the team in terms of tax

advantages due to the public ownership of the privately financed stadium are quite large. These

14
City of Santa Clara, “Santa Clara Stadium Authority Financial Statements March 31, 2016,”
http://santaclaraca.gov/government/stadium-authority/public-safety-cost-and-reimbursement-summary, accessed
November 16 2016.
15
Ibid.

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indirect subsidies include an exemption from paying property taxes and a reduction in total

income taxes. The 49ers also are exempt from paying sales, amusement or entertainment taxes,

or other surcharge obligations on revenue from its NFL events.16 As we will show, these

exemptions create extraordinary tax savings for the 49ers.

If the stadium had been privately owned and financed, the 49ers would have had to pay

state and federal corporate income tax on the sales of the personal seat licenses, as well as on the

additional 70% share of naming rights deal that currently goes to the stadium authority, (the

49ers would pay taxes on their 30% share of the naming rights in either case). The marginal state

tax rate for large corporations in California is 8.84%17 while it is 35%18 at the federal level. The

team would get to deduct the cost of the stadium using straight line depreciation over a 39-year

period19. Levi’s Stadium has a depreciable cost of $1.273 billion ($1.31 billion less $37 million

paid by the City of Santa Clara to move an electrical substation and build a parking garage)20.

The interest incurred during the construction phase was capitalized and included in the cost of

the stadium. In addition, interest expense is tax deductible for corporations. State corporate taxes

are also deductible at the federal level.

Under the current public ownership plan, the 70% of the naming rights plus the PSL sales

accrue tax free to the stadium authority. As a public entity, the stadium authority also does not

have to pay property tax on the assessed value of its holdings.21 Santa Clara charges a narrow

range of rates to commercial properties in the city at an annual rate averaging 1.14% of the

16
http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/commentary/item/18740-taxpayers-are-on-the-hook-for-new-49ers-
stadium-in-santa-clara, accessed January 4, 2017.
17
2013 California Tax Rates and Exemptions,
https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2013_california_tax_rates_and_exemptions.shtml, accessed January 27, 2014.
18
Form 1120 Instructions, http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1120.pdf, accessed June 12, 2014.
19
Publication 946: How to Depreciate Property, http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p946.pdf, accessed June 12, 2014.
20
http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/Levi-s-Stadium-The-1-3-billion -bet-5687409.php, accessed June 16, 2015.
21
Personal property taxes on equipment, etc. would be paid under both ownership plans and therefore not included
in the analysis.

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assessed value22. Of course, even if the stadium were privately held, the city could issue a

property tax exemption for the facility, but this exemption is automatic if the stadium is

government owned property. Property taxes paid by a corporation are also deductible at both the

state and federal level. Under the public ownership plan, the team does not have a deduction for

depreciation and interest expense from their taxable income as they would not own the stadium,

but any rent paid is fully deductible.

Table 2 shows the total taxes the team would be expected to pay through the first 20

years assuming the stadium had been privately owned and financed. For example, in year 1,

Federal taxable income is calculated by adding the net operating income, the estimate of the 49er

profits during the first year of Levi’s Stadium ($150 million)23 and the portion of the naming

rights that are currently paid to the Stadium Authority ($7.7 million). Also included in income

for year 1 is $554,600,000 in personal seat license revenue24. Deducting depreciation expense,

interest expense, California income taxes and property taxes, Federal taxable income in year 1 is

$581,734,599. Applying the marginal tax rate of 35%, federal taxes are $203,607,110 as reported

in column 7. The California income tax is calculated by deducting depreciation expense, interest

expense, and property taxes from total income at a marginal tax rate of 8.84%. The amount

reported in column 9 is the combination of federal income taxes, California income taxes and the

property taxes.

Table 3 shows the total taxes the team would be expected to pay through the first 20

years assuming the stadium is publicly owned and financed, as is the case now. Federal taxes in

22
County of Santa Clara Compliation of Tax Rates & Information, http://www.sccgov.org/sites/fin/Controller-
Treasurer%20Department/Property%20Tax%20Apportionment/Documents/Tax%20Rate%20Book%202013-
2014.pdf, accessed February 12, 2014.
23
Kawakami, Tim, “The 49ers are minting money ($150M+ annual profits), it’s official now–and the Raiders are
doing OK, too,” San Jose Mercury News, September 16,, 2016.
24
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/0247035.pdf, accessed January 19, 2017.

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year 1 for this case are computed by deducting the rent expense and the California income taxes

from the net operating income, for a total taxable income of $114,405,800. Applying the

marginal tax rate of 35% results in federal taxes of $40,042,030 as reported in column 5.

California income taxes are calculated by subtracting the rent expense from net operating income

and applying the marginal tax rate of 8.84% for a total of $11,094,200 as reported in column 4.

We assume net profits of $150 million, which is the estimate of team profits in the first year of

the stadium. The analysis is truncated at 20 years since the naming rights deal with Levi Strauss

is a 20-year contract and income becomes quite speculative. In addition, it is assumed that

corporate tax rates will be fixed over the next 20 years and that the assessed value of the stadium

will remain constant. Total taxes are discounted back to the present using a 5% discount rate, the

interest rate used to estimate what the stadium authority is currently paying on its loans.

Table 4 summarizes the present value tax savings for the public-private partnership as

currently structured in Santa Clara. We estimate that this partnership lowers the net present value

of tax revenue by over $213 million over the next 20 years in comparison to a privately-owned

facility. Even in the case where the team builds it own stadium but receives a property tax

exemption, the net present value of taxes paid still decreases by about $106 million.

Conclusions

Stadium financing in the NFL has changed dramatically. One notable movement is the

increase in cost; five recent NFL stadium constructions cost exceeded a $1 billion price tag. At

the same time, however, the percent of construction costs being covered by the public has

dropped significantly. Direct subsidies for NFL stadiums have averaged roughly 25% of

construction costs since 2008, roughly one-third the average of the previous 20 years. While this

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trend seems to favor municipalities, the recent examples of private financing / public ownership

arrangements may be hurting public budgets. In the case of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, we

estimate the total tax savings to the San Francisco 49ers at between $106 and $213 million over

the next 20 years when compared with a more traditional private financing / private ownership

arrangement. We must stress that this estimation of hidden subsidies assumes the financial

conditions of the stadium and the remains the same throughout the first 20 years of Levi’s

Stadium. While income will likely fluctuate with the success of the team and popularity of the

non-NFL events held at Levi’s Stadium, this assumption nevertheless illustrates that private

financing / public ownership arrangements do not come free to the public. We therefore caution

municipalities considering public ownership of a stadium as tax revenue losses may be

substantial.

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References

Baade, R. and V. Matheson (2013). “Financing Professional Sports Facilities,” (with Robert

Baade) in Financing for Local Economic Development, 2nd ed., Zenia Kotval and

Sammis White, eds., (NewYork: M.E. Sharpe Publishers).

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 Table 1: NFL Stadiums Construction and Upgrade Costs

Cost Public Public

Team Stadium Built (100,000s) Cost Percent
Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium 2017 $1,500 $200 13%
Minnesota U.S. Bank Stadium 2016 $1,061 $498 47%
San Francisco Levi’s Stadium 2014 1,300 $114 9%
New Orleans Superdome (repair and rehab) 2011 505 490 97%
Giants/Jets New Meadowlands Stadium 2010 1,600 - 0%
Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium (rehab) 2010 375 250 67%
Dallas Cowboys Stadium 2009 1,150 325 28%
Indianapolis Lukas Oil Stadium 2008 720 620 86%
Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium 2006 371 267 72%
Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 2003 285 228 80%
Green Bay Lambeau Field 2003 295 251 85%
Chicago Soldier Field 2003 600 450 75%
New England Gillette Stadium 2002 325 33 10%
Houston Reliant Stadium 2002 300 225 75%
Detroit Ford Field 2002 300 219 73%
Seattle Qwest Field 2002 300 201 67%
Pittsburgh Heinz Field 2001 230 150 65%
Denver Invesco Field 2001 365 274 75%
Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium 2000 400 400 100%
Cleveland Browns Stadium 1999 283 255 90%
Tennessee LP Field 1999 290 220 76%
Buffalo Ralph Wilson Stadium (rehab) 1999 63 63 100%
Baltimore M&T Bank Stadium 1998 220 176 80%
Tampa Bay Raymond James Stadium 1998 169 169 100%
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium 1997 78 78 100%
Washington FedEx Field 1997 250 70 28%
Oakland Oakland Coliseum (rehab) 1996 200 200 100%
Carolina Bank of America Stadium 1996 248 52 21%
Jacksonville Everbank Field 1995 121 121 100%
St. Louis Edward Jones Dome 1995 280 280 100%
Atlanta Georgia Dome 1992 214 214 100%
Miami Sun Life Stadium 1987 115 11 10%
Total: 1987-2008 – 25 projects $7,022 $5,227 74%
Total: 2009-2017 – 7 projects $7,491 $1,877 25%

Reprinted and updated from Baade and Matheson (2013)

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 Table 2: Estimated total tax payments for the 49ers if the stadium was under private
ownership

1 2 3 4 5

Net operating
Year Depreciation PSLs Interest
income25
1 157,700,000 (32,641,026) 554,600,000 (27,000,000)
2 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (26,434,284)
3 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (25,840,281)
4 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (25,216,579)
5 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (24,561,692)
6 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (23,874,060)
7 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (23,152,047)
8 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (22,393,933)
9 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (21,597,913)
10 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (20,762,092)
11 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (19,884,481)
12 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (18,962,988)
13 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (17,995,421)
14 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (16,979,476)
15 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (15,912,734)
16 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (14,792,654)
17 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (13,616,570)
18 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (12,381,682)
19 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (11,085,050)
20 157,700,000 (32,641,026) (9,723,586)
TOTAL:
TOTAL w/o
property taxes

25
Includes $150 million in annual income and an additional $7.7 million in naming rights (which are not shared in
the private ownership scenario).

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Table 2: Estimated total tax payments for the 49ers if the stadium was under private
ownership (continued)

1 6 7 8 9 10

Federal Discounted
Year CA taxes Property tax Total
taxes Total
1 56,412,175 203,607,110 14,512,200 274,531,485 261,458,557
2 7,435,544 26,836,931 14,512,200 48,784,675 44,249,139
3 7,488,054 27,026,454 14,512,200 49,026,708 42,351,113
4 7,543,189 27,225,452 14,512,200 49,280,841 40,543,470
5 7,601,081 27,434,400 14,512,200 49,547,682 38,821,905
6 7,661,868 27,653,796 14,512,200 49,827,864 37,182,319
7 7,725,694 27,884,162 14,512,200 50,122,056 35,620,809
8 7,792,711 28,126,046 14,512,200 50,430,957 34,133,657
9 7,863,079 28,380,024 14,512,200 50,755,303 32,717,321
10 7,936,966 28,646,701 14,512,200 51,095,867 31,368,430
11 8,014,547 28,926,711 14,512,200 51,453,458 30,083,771
12 8,096,007 29,220,723 14,512,200 51,828,929 28,860,287
13 8,181,540 29,529,435 14,512,200 52,223,174 27,695,064
14 8,271,349 29,853,582 14,512,200 52,637,131 26,585,328
15 8,365,649 30,193,937 14,512,200 53,071,786 25,528,437
16 8,464,664 30,551,310 14,512,200 53,528,174 24,521,873
17 8,568,630 30,926,551 14,512,200 54,007,381 23,563,241
18 8,677,794 31,320,554 14,512,200 54,510,548 22,650,259
19 8,792,416 31,734,258 14,512,200 55,038,874 21,780,751
20 8,912,770 32,168,646 14,512,200 55,593,616 20,952,649
TOTAL: 209,805,728 757,246,782 290,244,000 1,257,296,510 850,668,382
TOTAL w/o
property: 235,463,298 849,852,033 1,085,315,331 743,505,100

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 Table 3: Estimated total tax payments for the 49ers under public ownership

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Net
Federal Property Discounted
Year operating Rent CA taxes Total
taxes tax Total
income
1 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 48,701,171
2 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 46,382,068
3 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 44,173,398
4 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 42,069,903
5 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 40,066,574
6 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 38,158,642
7 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 36,341,564
8 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 34,611,013
9 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 32,962,870
10 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 31,393,209
11 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 29,898,295
12 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 28,474,566
13 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 27,118,635
14 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 25,827,271
15 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 24,597,401
16 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 23,426,096
17 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 22,310,568
18 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 21,248,160
19 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 20,236,343
20 150,000,000 (24,500,000) 11,094,200 40,042,030 - 51,136,230 19,272,707
TOTAL: 221,884,000 800,840,600 - 1,022,724,600 637,270,454

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 Table 4: Tax savings

Taxes paid (discounted to NPV)

Private Public
Savings
ownership Ownership
Total taxes 850,668,382 637,270,454 213,397,928
Total taxes excluding
743,505,100 637,270,454 106,234,646
property taxes

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