Detroit, bankrupt, will spend hundreds of millions on a new sports arena as a handout for the owners of a sports team.

The teams claim that the cities should pay towards these projects because the cities' economy will grow, but it turns out that the growth goes mainly to the rich. Detroit can't afford to be swindled this way.

There are worse ways to spend money — they could be buying surveillance gear or SWAT teams. On the other hand, they are probably doing that also.