The ROI is measured in the fact that millions of dedicated sports nuts like myself have a venue for our favorite form of entertainment. I don't know, and frankly don't care, if stadiums generate revenue.
Public parks don't generate very much money........but we keep building them anyway...why? Maybe the "R" in ROI doesn't always have to be money. If you hate sports, then by all means keep protesting...use the lack of revenue and these studies to support your argument. But as long as people still love sports, we'll keep getting public dollars put into our beloved stadiums. Which rocks :) > Just to stir the pot a bit, > http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=%22Return+on+Investment%22+Stadium&btnG=Search > > it would seem that most of the economic studies in the returned list > don't find a good ROI on publically financed sports stadiums. One in > particular > (http://www.mpls.frb.org/research/studies/earlychild/abc-part2.pdf) > suggests a far higher rate of return to society if the same money is > invested in earch childhood development programs. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168610 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
