1.   But what if a city builds a stadium with taxpayer money and waits for the World Series?

2.   The city built the California Center for the Arts, Escondido downtown and has taken other measures to help revive that area.

3.   The city had built a great water-supply aqueduct to the Croton River and was imagining its future subway system.

4.   The de Young can not wait that long for a reluctant city to build an adequate public transportation system.

5.   And can a city build a public transportation system without screwing it up?

6.   All those cities have built stadiums and arenas during this decade at taxpayer expense and debt, then handed over the keys and the profits to the owners.

7.   But he and others argue that cities must build or expand to keep up with the competition and maintain their market share.

8.   But in World War II this city built all the landing craft that won the war for us.

9.   But what if a city builds a stadium with taxpayer money and waits for the World Series.

10.   By seeing to its own needs, this city has built a symphony hall whose scale and grace have universal applications.