Conversation with Professor Martin Greenberg: Sports Facility Financing & Real Estate Development

On Wednesday, November 6th, at 12 pm, during the last Conversation with Sports Law Program students this semester, National Sports Law Institute founder Professor Martin Greenberg, will focus on his Sports Facility Development practice.  In this lunch session he will discuss Sports Facility Financing and Real Estate Development focusing on stadium mania, sources of financing, the stadium debate, how stadiums are financed, special districts to avoid referendums, renovation boom, American Family Field financing, sports facility development including the Deer District and Titletown, and he will provide his prognostication with respect to the Brewers real estate development around American Family Field.  Students are encouraged to review some of the articles below that Professor Greenberg has published with Program student assistance

• Martin J. Greenberg, Sports Facility Financing and Development Trends in the United States, 15 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 93 (2004)
• Martin J. Greenberg & Michael R. Gavin, NFL G-3 and G-4 Credit Facility Has Made Possible New State-of-the-Art Stadiums, GREENBERG L. OFF.: SPORT$BIZ (Apr. 1, 2016)
• Martin J. Greenberg and Michael R. Gavin, An Opportunity of a Lifetime: Opportunity Zones and How They Can Disrupt the Sports Facility Financing Equation, 32 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 5 (2021)
• Martin J. Greenberg and Bryan W. Ward, Non-Relocation Agreements in Major League Baseball: Comparison, Analysis, and Best Practice Clauses, 21 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 7 (2010)
• Martin J. Greenberg & Dennis Hughes, Jr., Sports.comm: It Takes a Village to Build a Sports Facility, 22 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 91 (2011)

The event will start at 12 pm in room 433.  Lunch will be provided.