Brewers’ Owner Mark Attanasio Faces Criticism Over Soccer Team Investment
The latest plan would tax the ballplayers, both from the Brewers and other teams, to pay for about $400 million in repairs.
Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is getting criticized in Wisconsin for his reported plans to boost his investment in an English soccer club.
The BBC reported that Attanasio is looking to increase his stake in the Norwich City club to 40%. Attanasio bought a 16% stake in the club last year.
Attanasio didn’t comment in the BBC piece, or in a follow-up in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
His decision to spend more on Norwich City comes as he is asking Wisconsin taxpayers for hundreds of millions of dollars to repair the Brewers’ ballpark, American Family Field.
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“And at the same time begging Wisconsin taxpayers to bail him out for lavish stadium upgrades...? Weird,” Americans For Prosperity Wisconsin Director Megan Novak said on social media Tuesday. “Also – the Brewers paid half a million