Major League Soccer (MLS) officials have focused on the construction of soccer-specific stadiums as a key aspect of the league's development strategy. Research in numerous professional sport contexts has found that teams tend to experience an increase in attendance after moving into new...

Several football stadiums were built or renovated in France for hosting the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship. This study examines to which extent the financial support by local governments for stadium construction or renovation induces soft budget constraints (SBC) for professional...

This paper estimates the impact of new stadiums on attendance and revenues of Major League Baseball teams between 1970 and 2019. Recent studies have shown that conventional two-way fixed effects (TWFE) models may produce biased estimates, proposing an “imputation” method instead. This paper...