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Andrew Zimbalist, 2005: "Thus, the ultimate public contribution may rise above the $200 million level"

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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Valley teams losing out to economy

... 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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Teams losing out to economy as fans stay home

... 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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News from the NCAA: Third NCAA Colloquium...

... 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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Rising Loonie To The Rescue

... 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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Number of projected Brooklyn arena events declines to 200, but the state couldn't have adjusted revenue estimates

... 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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The loonie's power play within the NHL

... 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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Rising loonie good news for Canadian NHL clubs

... 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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Amicus Briefs filed in American Needle v. NFL

... economists including Rodney Fort, Brad Humphreys , Roger Noll, James Quirk, Stefan Szymanski , and Andrew Zimbalist , available here . Interestingly, unless the Court's docket has not yet processed all amicus briefs filed on Friday, one notable omission from the list is the player's unions from the four major sports. It was previously reported by ESPN. com's Lester Munson that the...