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 merchandising and licensing Kurt Schloss ...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 area along the Anacostia waterfront ..."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 post which is the headline ...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 Sports Economist are well aware, ...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 field, seen clearly in this ...Message to the Vikings: You Can Have Our Taxes, But You'll Never Get Our ...
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 become the latest obstacle that ...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 and increase local income by ...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, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy into ...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 owners from trying to get ...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 the Vikings: Thursday's discussion did ...
