Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
7-31-2015
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Document Number
15-32
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
We examine the impact of new sports facilities on new businesses, an unexplored topic in the literature. We use data from the Dunn and Bradstreet MarketPlace files to examine how new sports facilities affect nearby business activity in terms of the number of new businesses and workers. We find no evidence of increased new businesses openings after the opening of new sports facilities in 13 US cities in the 2000s; employment at new businesses near new facilities is larger than at new businesses elsewhere in the MSA; this increase cannot be linked to businesses in any specific industry.
Digital Commons Citation
Harger, Kaitlyn; Humphreys, Brad R.; and Ross, Amanda, "Do New Sports Facilities Attract New Businesses?" (2015). Economics Faculty Working Papers Series. 165.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/econ_working-papers/165