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

Ralph Wulz (1957) argued that public ownership of stadiums was justified if “private
enterprise could not provide the service which the public demanded and at the same time …

The current malaise over sport management's place and future as an academic discipline
provides a useful basis for envisioning the needs and directions for the field's growth and …

Over the past two decades, urban and regional policy-makers have increasingly looked to
the arts and culture as an economic panacea, especially for the older urban core. The arts' …

Why should countries offer to host costly 'mega‐events' such as the Olympic Games? We
show that hosting a mega‐event increases exports. This effect is statistically robust …

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of
microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds …

Abstract The effects of Football World Cups in Germany 2006 and France 1998 on overnight
stays at hotels, national income from tourism, and retail sales are analyzed. For France, no …

A primary way that natural resources affect a locality is through the demand for labor, with
greater extraction requiring more workers. Shifts in labor demand can be measured through …

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

We investigate the effect of new facilities on attendance in professional baseball, basketball,
and football from 1969 to 2001. We find a strong, persistent effect in baseball and basketball …