Review
“...this book will provide the finance official a firm bedrock to buid a solid economic analysis. For the sports enthusiast, it is a somber introduction to how dollars are influencing whether or not we have or will continue to has a "home team."”–Government Finance Review
Product Description
This unique book gives a measure of the direct financial costs and benefits to a city of constructing a sports stadium without injecting biases and values into the situation. The literature on the indirect economic impact of these projects is reviewed and discussed. Private and public stadium projects are compared with respect to construction costs, use, and amenities. The work has an introduction that deals with the justification of subsidies, a comparison of ownership plans of the facilities, and a review of the literature. Following this are 15 chapters dealing with individual stadium projects. A summary and analysis of financial and non-financial data are followed by a conclusion.
