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Professional Sports Facilities, Franchises and Urban Economic Development

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Dennis Coates ()
Brad R. Humphreys ()

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Local political and community leaders and the owners of professional sports teams frequently claim that professional sports facilities and franchises are important engines of economic development in urban areas. These structures and teams allegedly contribute millions of dollars of net new spending annually and create hundreds of new jobs, and provide justification for hundreds of millions of dollars of public subsidies for the construction of many new professional sports facilities in the United Sates over the past decade. Despite these claims, economists have found no evidence of positive economic impact of professional sports teams and facilities on urban economies. We critically review the debate on the economic effects of professional sports and their role as an engine of urban economic redevelopment, with an emphasis on recent economic research.

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Paper provided by UMBC Department of Economics in its series UMBC Economics Department Working Papers with number 03-103.

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Date of creation: Aug 2003
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