Stadium Issues Everywhere
The Western Economics Association is meeting this week in Honolulu for its annual conference. Many contributors to The Sports Economist are on hand discussing such …
Dennis Coates
St. Petersburg and the Rays’ Stadium
Today’s St. Petersburg Times confirms earlier reports that the Tampa Bay Rays were putting on hold their attempt to get a new waterfront stadium built …
Inter Milan 3 Manchester City 0
I attended the Inter Milan-Manchester City “friendly” last night at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Here is an article describing the game. From my somewhat …
Did they get a 15 yard penalty for excessive celebration?
It seems the Canadian Women’s hockey team took to the ice twice yesterday. Once to beat the US for the gold medal and then again …
PILOTS Episode 3
The IRS has issued a ruling allowing the Yankees to use PILOTS to float an additional $300 million of bonds to finance the New Yankee …
Franchise tag economics
The NFL is approaching the deadline after which players become free agents, and are able to negotiate with other teams. The salary cap puts teams …
Baseball ticket prices
The Baltimore Orioles announced ticket prices for the 2010 season. Games against the Yankees and Red Sox will have higher prices than those against other …
NFL Pensions update
The NFL and NFLPA appear to have been very generous toward the retired players. It was announced that $120 million would be added to the …
Stadium Naming Fun
Lackawanna County stadium naming contract must be made public, state says What a great headline! Here is how the story begins: A naming-rights agreement for …
Monopsony, Legislators, and Subsidies
Competition is a good thing, right? So why not allow the various communities within your state to compete with one another to attract a big …