services and accommodations industries that climb with college sports revenue generation. …

We use daily airplane arrival data from Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to determine … the net change in tourism for a variety of sporting events. We find two events generate a positive and significant net …

This paper explores the decision to participate in sports activities and the subsequent frequency of participation … econometric studies yet, is introduced: the availability of sport infrastructures, including their geographical localization and … the type of infrastructure. If building sport infrastructures can be seen as an investment and as a consequence a cost for …

country concerning strategies for reconstructing the City. Both of New Orleans’s professional sports teams, the National … in devising a reconstruction plan. New Orleans has hosted a disproportionate share of mega-sports events in the United … professional sports and mega-events in the United States. This paper examines the economic impact of professional sports on the New …

Professional sports franchises have used the lure of economic riches as an incentive for cities to construct new … increase in taxable sales in the host metropolitan area. In addition, using the numerous work stoppages in professional sports … professional sports due to strikes and lockouts. …

This paper reviews the empirical literature assessing the effects of subsidies for professional sports franchises and … sports subsidies cannot be justified on the grounds of local economic development, income growth or job creation, those … oppose sports subsidies. In addition to reviewing the empirical literature, we describe the economic intuition that probably …

The institutional racial discrimination that existed in American professional team sports prior to World War II …