Document Type
Working Paper
Date of This Version
8-1-2006
Keywords
sports stadiums, development, baseball, Chicago, economic impact
Abstract
Supporters of sports stadium construction often defend taxpayer subsidies for stadiums by suggesting that sports infrastructure can serve as an anchor for local economic redevelopment. Have such promises of economic rejuvenation been realized? The City of Chicago provides an interesting case study on how a new stadium, U. S. Cellular Field, has been integrated into its southside neighborhood in a way that may well have limited local economic activity. This economic outcome stands in stark contrast to Wrigley Field in northern Chicago which continues to experience a synergistic commercial relationship with its neighborhood.
Working Paper Number
0608
Recommended Citation
Matheson, Victor; Baade, Robert; and Nikolova, Mimi, "A Tale of Two Stadiums: Comparing the Economic Impact of Chicago’s Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field" (2006). Economics Department Working Papers. Paper 70.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/econ_working_papers/70
Published Version
This article was published as: Matheson, V., Baade, R., Nikolova, M. (2007). A Tale of Two Stadiums: Comparing the Economic Impact of Chicago’s Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field. Geographische Rundschau International Edition, 3(1), pp.53-58.