OUTLINE:

• Sports Facility Boom
  • Measurement challenges
  • Description of the trend tables
• The evolution of facility funding
• Who pays and how much?
  • Cost sharing trends for arenas & stadiums
• Factors contributing to increased team/owner investment in facilities
  • The equity issue
• Factors contributing to continuing public subsidies
  • Owner leverage
  • The community power structure
• The rationale for public subsidy
  • Trends in the minor leagues
  • Trends in colleges

Let’s just take a quick overview today…. no quiz available yet, not sure there will be one.

Ok I saw the thing about GWB and I’m so mad I don’t want to do this anymore.