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Poll: N.J. residents favor sports better, oppose revival of Meadowlands sports complex
New Jersey voters — polled on two projects central to the revival of the Meadowlands sports complex — overwhelmingly favor allowing professional sports wagering at the state’s casinos and racetracks.
At the same time, respondents opposed by a nearly two-to-one ratio giving several hundred millions dollars in tax breaks to the latest developer of the stalled entertainment and retail complex once known as Xanadu, according to the poll released Monday.
“People see sports betting as revenue in,” said Peter Woolley, director of the Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll. “People see tax credits as revenue out. New Jersey taxpayers are not much in the mood for revenue out, especially if it is to support big business.” (Friedman, The Star-Ledger)
