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Atlantic Yards Report (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
It stands as one of the most willfully naive statements in the Atlantic Yards saga.Forest City Ratner's "sports economist for hire," Andrew Zimbalist, once said that the direct subsidies would be $200 million but allowed, "Thus, the ultimate public contribution may rise above the $200 million level."Ya think?An unrealized planFrom the 1/21/04 New York Times, in an...
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and Arizona Diamondbacks. "I have been here over 40 years, and this is the worst it has ever been."Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., monitors the business of sports. He said the bad economy has hurt ticket sales for teams across the country. Less money coming in could mean cuts. He pointed to the National Basketball Association, where...
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and Arizona Diamondbacks. "I have been here over 40 years, and this is the worst it has ever been."Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., monitors the business of sports. He said the bad economy has hurt ticket sales for teams across the country. Less money coming in could mean cuts. He pointed to the National Basketball Association, where...
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Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... featured presenters Rodney Fort of Michigan, Richard Lapchick of Central Florida and Smith’s Andrew Zimbalist in discussing how the recession affects all aspects of intercollegiate athletics, from funding and sustaining the enterprise to hiring the personnel who support it. What interesting is that, unless I'm mistaken, all the college reps are Division I peeps...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... host of southern U.S. cities might now be more likely to lose their NHL teams,” said Andrew Zimbalist, an eminent sports economist based in Massachusetts who testified on behalf of Jim Balsillie in his recent failed bid to purchase and move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton. “Canada becomes that much more attractive.” Every three-cent jump in the value of the Canadian...
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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... in Newark. It also suggests that the economic projections by both Forest City Ratner consultant Andrew Zimbalist and the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) were overstated, since they based sales tax assumptions on about 225 events. And, even though the projection of 200 events obviously can't be confirmed, that number backs up the more conservative estimates made by the...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... in Canada."A host of southern U.S. cities might now be more likely to lose their NHL teams," said Andrew Zimbalist, an eminent sports economist based in Massachusetts who testified on behalf of Jim Balsillie in his recent failed bid to purchase and move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton. "Canada becomes that much more attractive."Every three-cent jump in the value of the Canadian dollar...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... in Canada."A host of southern U.S. cities might now be more likely to lose their NHL teams," said Andrew Zimbalist, an eminent sports economist based in Massachusetts who testified on behalf of Jim Balsillie in his recent failed bid to purchase and move the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton. "Canada becomes that much more attractive."Every three-cent jump in the value of the Canadian dollar...
