The Sports Stadium as a Municipal Investment

Dean Baim (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

1994
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-27816-7 (ISBN)

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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. Following this are 15 chapters dealing with individual stadium projects.

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.

DEAN V. BAIM is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Seaver College, Pepperdine University, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. Dr. Baim was named Pepperdine University Professor of the year in 1990, and Pepperdine University Society for the Advancement of Management's Professor of the Year in 1984, 1989, 1991, and 1992. He has served widely as a consultant and as an advisor. He has written numerous journal articles and contributions to books.

Tables Preface Introduction Milwaukee County Stadium Baltimore Memorial Stadium Buffalo War Memorial Stadium Denver Mile High Stadium Dodger Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Anaheim Stadium Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Oakland-Alameda Coliseum Complex Jack Murphy Stadium Cincinnati Riverfront Stadium Foxboro Stadium Rich Stadium Louisiana (New Orleans) Superdome Minneapolis Metrodome Summary and Analysis of Financial Data Non-Financial Data and Analysis Comparison of Public and Private Stadiums Conclusion Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.9.1994
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	0-313-27816-4 / 0313278164
ISBN-13	978-0-313-27816-7 / 9780313278167
Zustand	Neuware