Die Studie untersucht umfassend die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Sports für die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. Sport erfüllt nicht nur zentrale gesellschaftliche Funktionen wie Gesundheitsförderung, soziale Integration und Steigerung der Lebenszufriedenheit, sondern wirkt zugleich als...

This article aims to understand the importance of having a stadium owned by a football club as an added value if it is designed and managed from a socially responsible perspective in a context, that of Italian sport, which is still far from European standards in terms of infrastructure. The...

Economic agents react to incentives, and this holds true for professional football teams as well. Double round-robin and single-match elimination represent two opposite competition regimes, with incentives varying distinctly between them. At the level of individual matches, a single defeat needs...

In US-based studies focusing on the impact of new sports stadiums on attendance, a recurring observation is the temporary nature of the initial positive effect, commonly described as a novelty or honeymoon effect. This paper revisits the attendance effects of new sports stadiums in a European...

This study investigates the economic impact of China's "stadium diplomacy" in Sub-Saharan Africa. Exploiting the staggered timing of the construction in a difference-in-differences framework, we analyze the effect of Chinese-built and financed stadiums on local economic development. Employing...

This article is intended to inform public policy regarding stadium subsidies, which state and local governments routinely provide to support professional sports teams. We review theoretical and empirical evidence regarding economic justifications for public funding, focusing on recent research...

Professional sports teams commonly reevaluate their location decisions based on the prospect of building new, more attractive, stadiums. Even though a large economic literature warns about the modest (and possibly negative) effects on the local economy of hosting a professional sports team, the...

Accessible sport venues: international perspectives -- an introduction -- Philosophical foundations of accessible sport venues -- Legislative context and venue design -- Sport events and tourism -- The consumer journey to and from the venue -- Welcoming people with disability to sports venue...

Politics clearly plays a key role in government decisions that subsidize the construction and operation of sports venues. Despite this importance, the existing research on the economics of professional sports facility subsidies contains no systematic review of the public choice and political...

This chapter presents the issues and objectives of each of the actors involved in planning sports infrastructure in countries such as Switzerland. What facilities are needed to enable/promote school, leisure and health sport? What is the purpose of sports facilities for professional sport clubs?...

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...

In US-based studies focusing on the impact of new sports stadiums on attendance, a recurring observation is the temporary nature of the initial positive effect, commonly described as a novelty or honeymoon effect. This paper revisits the attendance effects of new sports stadiums in a European...

In his last season as professional football player, Johan Cruyff played at Feyenoord. This paper shows that Cruyff improved the performance of his team and provides evidence of his presence attracting more stadium attendants to the home ground. From this it is concluded that Cruyff made a...

We analyze attendance of professional football matches in England finding that it is related to unemployment over a very long period of time. More unemployment leads to lower attendances. Distinguishing between leagues, we find that the relationship is larger for lower leagues, i.e. attendance...