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Striking Out? The Economic Impact of Major League Baseball Work Stoppages on Host Communities

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Victor Matheson () (Department of Economics, College of the Holy Cross)
Robert Baade () (Department of Economics and Business, Lake Forest College)

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Major League Baseball teams have used the lure of economic riches as an incentive for cities to construct new stadiums at considerable public expense. Estimates of the economic impact of a MLB on host communities have typically been in the vicinity of $300 million. Our analysis suggest these numbers are wildly inflated. Using the baseball strikes of 1981, 1994, and 1995 as test cases, we find the net economic impact for a MLB team on a host city of $16.2 million under one model and $132.3 million under a second model.

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Paper provided by College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 0507.

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Date of creation: Apr 2005
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Keywords: impact analysis sports baseball strikes sports economics

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L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism
R53 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Public Facility Location Analysis; Public Investment and Capital Stock

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  1. Robert Baade & Victor Matheson, . "An assessment of the economic impact of the american football championship, the Superbowl, on host communities," IASE Conference Papers 9903, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
  2. John Siegfried & Andrew Zimbalist, 2000. "The Economics of Sports Facilities and Their Communities," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(3), pages 95-114, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Robert Baade & Robert Baumann & Victor Matheson, 2006. "The Economic Consequences of Professional Sports Strikes and Lockouts: Revisited," Working Papers 0609, International Association of Sports Economists. [Downloadable!]
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