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Attention, sports fans: Iowa lawmakers are proposing to attract an NFL franchise to build a sports stadium in Iowa.Senate File 2252 was introduced on Tuesday. It would change an economic growth attraction program to appeal to a professional football program, with the idea that the franchise would build the stadium.The program now incentivizes businesses that would invest at least $1 billion in the state and focus on manufacturing, biosciences, or research and development. SF 2252 would expand that to an NFL franchise. The bill was introduced by Sens. Mike Bousselot, Dan Dawson, Dawn Driscoll, Kerry Gruenhagen, Carrie Koelker, Scott Webster and Cherielynn Westrich.
Attention, sports fans: Iowa lawmakers are proposing to attract an NFL franchise to build a sports stadium in Iowa.
Senate File 2252 was introduced on Tuesday.
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It would change an economic growth attraction program to appeal to a professional football program, with the idea that the franchise would build the stadium.
The program now incentivizes businesses that would invest at least $1 billion in the state and focus on manufacturing, biosciences, or research and development.
SF 2252 would expand that to an NFL franchise.
The bill was introduced by Sens. Mike Bousselot, Dan Dawson, Dawn Driscoll, Kerry Gruenhagen, Carrie Koelker, Scott Webster and Cherielynn Westrich.
