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Sports Facility Economic Reports, Reviews and Studies since 2000
Articles:
Clifton B. Parker, Sports Stadiums Do Not Generate Significant Local Economic Growth, Stanford Expert Says, Stan. Rep. (July 30, 2015), https://news.stanford.edu/2015/07/30/stadium-economics-noll-073015/ .
Elaine S. Povich, Is Obama Proposal the End of Taxpayer-Subsidized Sports Stadiums?, Stateline (March 16, 2015), http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/3/16/is-obama-proposal-the-end-of-taxpayer-subsidized-sports-stadiums .
Roger I. Abrams, Hardball in City Hall: Public Financing of Sport Stadiums , 3 Pace Intell. Prop., Sports & Ent. L.F. 164 (2013).
Andrew Zimbalist, Commentary, Sports Facilities and Economic Development , Gov't Fin. Rev. 94 (2013).
Pat Garofalo & Travis Waldron, If You Build It, They Might Not Come: The Risky Economics of Sport Stadiums , Atlantic (Sept. 7, 2012), http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/if-you-build-it-they-might-not-come-the-risky-economics-of-sports-stadiums/260900/ .
Aaron Kuriloff & Darrell Preston, In Stadium Building Spree, U.S. Taxpayers Lose $4 Billion, BNA (Sept. 4, 2012), https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-05/in-stadium-building-spree-u-s-taxpayers-lose-4-billion .
Irwin A. Kishner & David R. Hoffman, Field of Dreams – The Benefit of Public and Private Cooperation in Financing Professional Sports Stadiums , 28 Ent. & Sports Law. 20 (2010).
David Gee, The Business of Baseball: With the Dawn of the Target Field Era and the Vikings' Stadium Debate Raging, What Benefits--Both Economic and Experiential--Do Professional Sports Really Bring to Minnesota. , Minn. Bus., Apr. 2010, at 24.
John Siegfried & Andrew Zimbalist, The Economics of Sports Facilities & Their Communities , 14 J. Econ. Persp. 95 (2009).
Gerald Carlino & N. Edward Coulsen, Should Cities Be Ready for Some Football? Assessing the Social Benefits of Hosting an NFL Team , Bus. Rev. (2004).
Dennis Coates & Brad R. Humphreys, Caught Stealing Debunking the Economic Case for D.C. Baseball. , Cato Ins. (2004).
Dennis Coates & Brad R. Humphreys, The Stadium Gambit and Local Economic Development , 23 Econ. Dev. Pol'y 15 (2002).
Adam Zaretsky, Should Cities Pay for Sports Facilities?, Regional Econ. (Apr. 2002) https://www.stlouisfed.org/Publications/Regional-Economist/April-2001/Should-Cities-Pay-for-Sports-Facilities .
Allen R. Sanderson, In Defense of New Sports Stadiums, Ballparks and Arenas , 10 Marq. L. Rev. 173 (2002).
Reports:
Christine Cooper et al., The NFL Los Angeles Stadium in Carson: An Economic Impact Analysis (2015).
Conventions, Sports & Leisure Int'l, Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Soccer Stadium Development Act of 2014 (2014).
Aaron Cadle, Legislative Reference Bureau, Review of Economic Impact of Selected Professional Sport Venues and Downtown Revitalization Efforts in Oklahoma City (Ted Medhin & Richard Pfaff, eds., 2013).
Joseph L. Bast, How to Stop Sports Stadium Madness: Is Fan Ownership the Answer? (2012).
Gruen Gruen + Assocs., The Economics & Fiscal Impacts of a New A's Stadium in Oakland at Alternative Locations , (2010).
Younger Assocs., Economic Impact Analysis of the Memphis Grizzlies and the FedEx Forum on Memphis/Shelby County (2010).
RSM McGladrey, Analysis of the Estimated Historical Tax Revenue Benefit to State, County and Local Governmental Agencies from Activities Associated with Major Professional Sports Facilities in Minnesota (2009).
Conventions, Sports & Leisure Int'l, Economic and Jobs Impact Report of Metrodome Next Multipurpose Facility (2009).
Jeffrey M. Humphreys, The Economic Impact of the Georgia World Congress Center and the Georgia Dome on Georgia's Economy in FY 2008 (2008).
Sarah Wilhelm, Public Funding of Sports Stadiums (2008).
KPMG, LLC., Market and Financial Analysis for a Proposed New Arena in Downtown Baltimore (2007).
Katherine Schill et al., Minn. H. Fiscal Analysis Dep't, Sports Stadium Funding: A Summary of Actions by the 2006 Legislature (2006).
Econ. Research Assocs., Market and Financial Feasibility Study and Economic Impact Analysis for Proposed Baseball Stadium (2005).
Econ. Research Assocs., Economic and Fiscal Impacts for the Proposed NFL Stadium in Arlington, Texas (2004).
Robert Baade, Los Angeles Controllers Report on Economic Impact: Staples Center (2003).
Ed Lazere, Would a Publicly Financed Baseball Stadium Pay Off for DC? Economic Research Suggests the Answer Is "No" (2003).
Tim Chapin, Identifying the Real Costs and Benefits of Sports (2002).
Stadium Task Force, Final Report of the Minnesota Stadiums Task Force (Minn. 2002).
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