Fear and loathing in Seattle
NBA commissioner David Stern is putting the screws to Seattle in his attempts to get the community to provide taxpayer subsidies that are lucrative enough …
Victor Matheson
A Market for Absolutely… repeat… Absolutely Everything
Companies have long been able to insure their most valuable assets against loss. In sports this means that teams can take out insurance policies that …
Is New Orelans still a Big League City?
This article in today’s NY Sun, “Pro Sports Far From Easy in New Orleans,” points out the difficulties facing New Orleans’ two big sports teams. …
Competitive Balance in European Soccer
It’s the same old story again in Europe this year. Last weekend Real Madrid clinched the league title in La Liga, its 31st league title …
Start Spreading the News
Yesterday the NFL announced that the 2014 Super Bowl will be played in the new Giants/Jets stadium in the Meadowlands. Aside from the obvious interest …
Throwing a flag on Brian Goff
Earlier today my colleague Brian Goff weighed in on the current NFL referee strike. I think he got almost everything right except one crucial point. …
Revealing Economic Impact Numbers
According to Bloomberg/Businessweek, in preparation for the Super Bowl, Rick’s Cabaret International, a national chain of strip clubs, flew in more than 100 dancers to …
In Minnesota, all the stadiums are above average
Minneapolis was awarded the 2018 Super Bowl today beating out competing bids from Indianapolis and New Orleans. The conventional wisdom seems to be that this …
Economic power and sports success
Yesterday the US Men’s national team wound up a successful Gold Cup, the biannual North American soccer championship, by beating Panama 1-0 in the title …
Who Needs Fans?
This article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal highlights one Italian soccer team’s attempts to deal with empty seats: fill them with cardboard cutouts. Unlike the …