Baumann, Robert W.; Matheson, Victor A.; Muroi, Chihiro - In: Journal of Sports Economics 10 (2009) 1, pp. 107-123
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 three events generate a positive and significant net …'s economy despite the fact that the state spends nearly two thirds of its sports tourism budget on the rights to the Pro Bowl …