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
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ticket pricing
economic development
Stadium Subsidies
Striking Out in DC?
- by Skip Sauer
- January 28, 2020
The stadium for the Washington Nationals cost over $600 million, most of it in public funding. A key selling point
Baseball
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Economic Impact
“The Economic Impact of Cardinals Postseason on St. Louis is Unclear”
- by Phil Miller
- January 25, 2020
I’ll admit right out of the box that I was excited, as only a sports economist can be, when I
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hockey
nhl
Phoenix Coyotes
public funding
sports and the economy
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Ice Hockey Success in the Sun Belt
- by Dennis Coates
- December 24, 2019
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by John Miller about a story he was writing on the Phoenix
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St. Louis ballpark village
Stadiums
Problems in St. Louis’ Downtown Revitalization.
- by Phil Miller
- December 10, 2019
A couple of weeks ago, Skip had a post on the lack of development beyond the left-field wall at St.
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government
Stadium Subsidies
Message to the Vikings: You Can Have Our Taxes, But You’ll Never Get Our Convention Business!!!
- by Phil Miller
- December 2, 2019
The Minnesota Vikings raised some eyebrows with a presentation they gave about their proposal for a new stadium. A red
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A Cautionary Tale About Claims of Economic Benefits
- by Brad Humphreys
- December 1, 2019
More than 10 years ago I read an economic impact study claiming that a new football stadium in Baltimore would
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scandals
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New York PILOT Decision, Part II
- by Brad Humphreys
- October 17, 2019
I was in Washington DC last Thursday testifying in a hearing that is part of the ongoing investigation by the
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NFL
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Threat Point – The Vikes
- by Phil Miller
- June 26, 2019
This week in Sports Economics I talked about the effect sports teams and sports stadiums have on their local economies
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Kudos to Art Rolnick
- by Skip Sauer
- June 25, 2019
Noted for the record: 1. The former VP of the Minneapolis Fed tells it like it is in a hearing