Local political and community leaders and the owners of professional sports teams
frequently claim that professional sports facilities and franchises are important engines of …

Cities throughout the United States are facing an unprecedented number of threats from the
professional sport teams they host to build new playing facilities or lose the franchise. The …

When professional sports teams lobby for public money, they inevitably claim that they act as
an economic catalyst for the local region. The purpose of this article is to test the validity of …

Local governments routinely subsidize sports stadiums and arenas using the justification
that hosting professional franchises produces economic development and social benefits in …

America is in the midst of a sports building boom. Professional sports teams are demanding
and receiving fancy new playing facilities that are heavily subsidized by government. In …

Many policy analysts have cautioned against public spending for professional and amateur
sports. Within the last year, numerous cities have received demands from major and minor …

Should local governments subsidize the construction and operation of sports stadiums? This
is being debated in cities throughout North America, and several factors have conspired to …

This article explores the literature on the impact of professional sports teams and stadiums
on their host communities. A large body of research has addressed these issues, some of it …

Over the last few decades the number of US metropolitan areas large enough to host a
franchise from one of the four major professional sports leagues has soared. Even as the …

It is common for a city to use expensive incentives such as a state-of-the-art stadium or tax
exemptions to induce a major professional sport team to relocate to or remain in its area. A …