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August 21, 2003

Astrodome and dumber

What do you do with an obsolete Eighth Wonder of the World? Why, fill it with a theme park, of course. Or maybe a mall. Why do we suspect this is going to end with the world's largest Wal-Mart?

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Stadium economic studies

Sports, Jobs & Taxes, edited by Roger Noll and Andrew Zimbalist (entire text online as GIFs)

Stadiums, Professional Sports, and Economic Development, by Robert Baade (executive summary only)

The Effect of Professional Sports on the Earnings of Individuals, by Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys (PDF file)

Double Play: The Economics and Financing of Stadiums for the Yankees and Mets, by the New York City Independent Budget Office

New York City Independent Budget Office analysis of proposed Yankees and Mets stadiums (PDFs)

Loot, Loot, Loot for the Home Team (PDF file), from "The Great American Jobs Scam" by Greg LeRoy

Loot, Loot, Loot for the Home Team: How the Proposal to Subsidize a New Yankee Stadium Would Leave Residents and Taxpayers Behind (PDF file), by Good Jobs New York

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