Professional Sports Franchise Relocation

Author : Frank P. Jozsa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313371504
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports written by Frank P. Jozsa and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-08-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the business of professional league sports, market conditions are the key determinate of the financial success or failure of a team. In the last few years, major league sports has experienced both growth into new markets and relocations of existing teams. Owners and the leagues use demographics, economic data, and governmental support to decide on where and when to expand and relocate. This book examines the sports business from 1950 through 2000. Historical demographic, economic, and team-related data provide the context. The authors apply metropolitan area statistics such as population growth and income, game attendance, and estimated market values to examine the business decisions made by individual teams in professional baseball, football, and basketball. The book looks at specific teams in terms of their long-term viability as a franchise and ranks their performances in economic and business terms. It also examines the related issues of taxpayer subsidies for new venues and the economic impact of professional sports on cities and regions. The book is a fascinating and comprehensive look at the business of sports and its place in American society, business, and economics.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antitrust Issues in Relocation of Professional Sports Franchises written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Sports Franchise Relocation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stefan Szymanski
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815782599
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Pastime written by Stefan Szymanski and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Szymanski and Zimbalist pay special attention to the rich and complex evolution of baseball from its beginnings in America, and they trace modern soccer from its foundation in England through its subsequent expansion across the world.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Sports Franchise Relocation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antitrust Issues in Relocation of Professional Sports Franchises written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles C. Euchner
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801849732
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Playing the Field written by Charles C. Euchner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a sports franchise "blackmail" a city into getting what it wants—a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms—by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million tax-exempt bond to finance construction of luxury suites at Comiskey Park. The city council approved it. A few years later, when Comiskey Park was in need of renovation, the owners threatened to move the team to Florida unless a new stadium was built. A site was chosen near the old stadium, property condemned, residents evicted, and a new stadium built. "We had to make threats," the owners said. "If we didn't have the threat of moving, we wouldn't have gotten the deal." "Sports is not a dominant industry in any city," writes Charles Euchner, "yet it receives the kind of attention one might expect to be lavished on major producers and employers." In Playing the Field, Euchner looks at why sports attracts this kind of attention and what that says about the urban political process. Examining the relationships between Los Angeles and the Raiders, Baltimore and the Colts and the Orioles, and Chicago and the White Sox, Euchner argues that, in the absence of public standards for equitable arbitration between cities and teams, the sports industry has the ability to steer negotiations in a way that leaves cities vulnerable. According to Euchner, this greater leverage of sports franchises is due, at least in part, to their overall economic insignificance. Since the demands of a franchise do not directly affect many interest groups, opponents of stadium projects have difficulty developing coalitions to oppose them. The result is that civic leaders tend to succumb to the blackmail tactics of professional sports, rather than developing and supporting sound economic policies.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Sports Team Community Protection Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael N. Danielson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691070643
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Team written by Michael N. Danielson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-04 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princeton's Michael N. Danielson studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. Danielson is particularly interested in the political aspects between professional sports teams and city governments. Anyone who is interested in the present condition and future prospects of professional sports will be captivated by this informative and provocative book.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stadium Financing and Franchise Relocation Act of 1999 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: