Progressive Field Becomes Winter Sports Field
The Cleveland Indians are getting ready to open a skating track and 10-lane snow tubing hill at Progressive Field during the offseason. …Senior director of …
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Striking Out in DC?
The stadium for the Washington Nationals cost over $600 million, most of it in public funding. A key selling point was economic development of the …
“The Economic Impact of Cardinals Postseason on St. Louis is Unclear”
I’ll admit right out of the box that I was excited, as only a sports economist can be, when I read the headline to this …
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Ice Hockey Success in the Sun Belt
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by John Miller about a story he was writing on the Phoenix Coyotes. As readers of The …
Problems in St. Louis’ Downtown Revitalization.
A couple of weeks ago, Skip had a post on the lack of development beyond the left-field wall at St. Louis’ Busch stadium. The vacant …
Message to the Vikings: You Can Have Our Taxes, But You’ll Never Get Our Convention Business!!!
The Minnesota Vikings raised some eyebrows with a presentation they gave about their proposal for a new stadium. A red circle on a map has …
A Cautionary Tale About Claims of Economic Benefits
More than 10 years ago I read an economic impact study claiming that a new football stadium in Baltimore would create thousands on new jobs …
New York PILOT Decision, Part II
I was in Washington DC last Thursday testifying in a hearing that is part of the ongoing investigation by the House Committee on Government Reform, …
Threat Point – The Vikes
This week in Sports Economics I talked about the effect sports teams and sports stadiums have on their local economies (not much). That doesn’t keep …
Kudos to Art Rolnick
Noted for the record: 1. The former VP of the Minneapolis Fed tells it like it is in a hearing on a new stadium for …