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Home›Author: Skip Sauer

Author: Skip Sauer

Skip Sauer

  • Portugal's Hangover

    European football, soccer, stadium subsidies
    April 27, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Portugal hosted Euro 2004, a fantastic tournament with a surprise winner in Greece. But as the financial crisis unfolds, some Portugese feel a tinge of regret over the expense involved. ...
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  • Signs of Life in the Sports Economy

    MLB, sports and the economy
    April 22, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Spring training in Florida set an attendance record -- of sorts -- in 2010: From March 2nd through April 3rd, a total of 1,427,627 fans watched the 15 teams comprising ...
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  • Muni Bond Watch Turns to Sports Facilities

    sports and the economy, stadiums
    April 20, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    In recent years a handful of top-level teams have gone through or flirted with bankruptcy.  This is a global phenomenon, with a list including the Rangers in Texas, Portsmouth in ...
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  • Deals, Deals, Deals

    NASCAR, NCAA sports, sports and the economy
    April 15, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    The University of Colorado will join Nebraska and Utah as members of the Pac-10 in 2011 after negotiating a $6.863 million exit package with the Big 12.  Nebraska is paying ...
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  • How We Develop Basketball Talent

    NBA, player development, soccer
    March 28, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Today's WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman.  The book examines the world of elite youth basketball in the U.S.  I'm ...
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  • Student Demand for College Sports

    college sports, NCAA
    March 26, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Funding has dried up for a lot of things in the Great Recession, including college sports programs. At Cal State San Marcos, the most recent addition to the UC system, ...
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  • Dallas TV Reporter Examines the Numbers on Economic Impact

    economic impact
    March 26, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Economists can write papers which illustrate the lack of economic impact from major sports until we're blue in the face.  As long as there is a paid consultant who can ...
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  • The IMF Surveys the Impact of Mega-Events

    mega-events
    March 8, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    The latest issue of the IMF's journal, Finance and Development, has a number of essays on the impact of hosting events like the Olympics and the World Cup. Andrew Zimbalist's ...
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  • Stadium Debt

    stadium renovations, stadium subsidies, The Stadium Game
    February 25, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Stadium debt, in some cases, hangs around a lot longer than the teams that once played in them. From the Houston Chronicle comes this story that the vacant Astrodome "carries ...
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  • "Give the World Cup bid a red card"

    FIFA, mega-events, Uncategorized, World Cup
    February 18, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    That's the title of co-blogger Dennis Coates' piece in today's LA Times.  Dennis may be too proud to call attention to himself by pointing that out here, but I'm not!  ...
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  • "As Stadiums Vanish, Their Debt Lives On"

    stadium subsidies, stadiums
    February 8, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    Ken Belson digs into the financial legacy of the Meadowlands Sports Complex in today's New York Times.  In short, it's a money loser, with $266 million in debt for which ...
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  • No More Super Bowls in Miami?

    stadium renovations, stadium subsidies, The Stadium Game
    February 4, 2020
    by Skip Sauer
    A story in today's Boston Herald reports that posted prices for Super Bowl tickets range from $2,000 to $5,000 in the secondary market. Here are some interesting quotes from market ...
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