Before the start of the 2002 season, Major League Baseball postponed its plan to contract two teams – one of which was expected to the Minnesota Twins. A combination of successful litigation in Minnesota and the introduction of federal legislation that would revoke baseball's antitrust...

Luxury suites have become a key revenue source and an important element of sport facility design for professional sport organizations. There are a variety of factors influencing the pricing of luxury suites; however, the recent recession has impacted the premium seat sales market significantly....

One of the absolutes in professional sports, and a reason for its success, is the uncertainty of the outcome of individual games, seasons, and championships. This uncertainty impacts a team's attendance and financial operation. While leagues cultivate uncertainty through various rules such as...

This article argues that America needs to better protect its local communities against monopolist sports leagues' demands for publicly funded stadiums. Part I of this article discusses the evolution of sports stadium subsidies. Part II discusses why American communities continue to provide...

This paper presents a novel approach for analyzing spatially differentiated impacts of a variety of entertainment attractions, including professional sports venues, convention centers, destination retail, and mega-events. Public finding is often based on the potential for such projects to...

A 1999 study by Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys found the presence of major sports franchises to have no significant impact on the growth rate of per capita personal income and to be negatively correlated with the level of per capita personal income for a sample of all cities that had been...