While many people disapprove of publicly financing sports facilities, Chesapeake Energy Arena is one scenario in which the construction of the stadium has time and time again proved to be a sound public investment. Since the Thunder relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City, the franchise is widely viewed as a major component of the city’s resurgence. The construction of Chesapeake Energy Arena was part of a large civic redevelopment that took more than 20 years to complete. Ballots tallied from a vote taken on December 14, 1993 passed with 54 percent (Moser, 2013).
Since it was originally passed in 1993, Oklahoma City’s Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS) plan has been renewed twice by voters (Moser, 2013). The arena, which was financed with
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Additional improvements made to Chesapeake Energy Arena were completed in 2013 and were funded by a 15-month sales tax that that was approved by Oklahoma City voters (Moser, 2013).
The total economic impact the Oklahoma City Thunder had on the community during the shortened 2012-13 regular and post-season was estimated to be $54.3 million. In 2013, Oklahoma City officials estimated the Thunder’s economic impact to be $1.5 million per game. Destination Marketing Association International concluded that each local attendee who travels within the metro area spends approximately $65. However, each game attendee from outside the metro area spends roughly $216 (Lackmeyer, 2013).
While the Thunder’s economic impact figure appears impressive, the estimate is often criticized as being too conservative. Tom Anderson, special projects manager for Oklahoma City, stated that it does not include arena employment or any restaurant and hotel business due to home games. Also, the estimate fails to calculate the millions of dollars worth of positive promotion received from people on a national and international scale via television and print coverage (Lackmeyer,
The City since the Bulls departure has invested 18.5 million dollars into the Yardmen Arena.
In October, The Kings announced that the deal was final, they will now be undertaking all business operations performed by the Bighorns. Neither Herb Santos, pervious owner of the Bighorns, or the Kings will disclose the cost of the purchase. Other D-League business inquiries have sold for $6 million, such as a D-League Team that was just bought out close to Toronto. We can only assume that the purchase of the Bighorns, were within the range of the same financial cost. Only good things have been said about the purchase, it has been foretold that it will have great benefits for both teams. The Kings principle owner Vivek Ranadive only further justified the benefits within his statement, “This is an incredible opportunity to develop players, front-office staff and future business executives for the Sacramento Kings, while simultaneously contributing meaningfully to the Reno entertainment, commercial and nonprofit ecosystem.”
In 2010 there was a study conducted by Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce to determine what the economic impact of the Memphis Grizzlies and the FedEx Forum was on the economy of the greater Memphis area. A professional sports team such as the Memphis Grizzlies is going to aid the community in increasing the revenue of the local economy. Games or concerts at the arena will draw in individuals from outside of the area who will buy such things as food, luxuries, or hotel rooms, which directly impact the local economy. This is why it can be beneficial for a large community such as Memphis to be able to host a professional sports team. In order to determine the benefits and economic impact, the community and organization need to be able to determine
With the growth of college sports in recent years has assisted the NCAA and universities in having increased revenues. Large fan bases provide an incredible amount of money through tickets and merchandise to universities. In chapter 43 of Richard Miller and Kelli Washington’s book titled, Sports Marketing 2014- 2015 stated:
At a recent management meeting Charlie Musselman, the president of the company, expressed optimism at winning the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $2 million on the project. He also said that if they are successful, the prospects for future projects are quite good since there are quite a few major stadiums in Canada that will need replacing in the next 25 years.
A pre-bid meeting will be held on Friday, October 13, 2006 @ 8:00 AM to explain this request (RFP) for proposal and answer bidder questions. The meeting will be held at the Sports Field, Inc. main office located at 23 McKinney Street, Houston, Texas, one block from the City Hall.
As the years rolled on, additional restrooms and office facilities were constructed, along with the outdoor theater being upgraded and the parking lot paved. All these projects were
Feletie was born of royal blood in the Choctaw Tribe in Madagascar. Nearly nineteen years of age, her tribe was flourishing, rich with culture as well as people. Her people were getting healed from the sickness that took out a great number of her people, including her parents. Young as she might be, she was ruling over her people well. “Sal alles goed wees,” she reassured her people. In her head she repeated, all will be well. At a young age her parents had taught her to speak English. Few Choctaw people spoke this language. They viewed it as demonic since it came from the white men. Never before had Feletie seen white men, only gut wrenching stories of the torment her ouers went through. She snarled at the sheer thought of what her people
During the 1960s, while the United States was going through a civil infrastructure revolution, Texas lead the way in innovative ways; creating modern marvels that would go onto to become “Wonders of the World.” Once such building in particular lead a technical revolution, here in the city of Houston. Home to several professional sports team, and later a registered as a national land mark, the Texas created Houston Astrodome was the first in what would become multi-purposed indoor sports arenas.
Another reason that this is a good time to pass this bond is that the results of Ballot Measure 5 are going into effect at the same time as the levy. As it stands now, property tax rates will go down another $2.50 by next year; however, if taxpayers don’t mind paying what they do now and can handle a 40 cent increase, then the school can be that much better. Many other good reasons we exist for funding this construction now. For one, better facilities will be made available to everyone: staff members, students, and community members. The new gym will allow student athletes to have earlier practices and more time for homework. With only one gym in a K-12 school system, the junior high has to practice in the morning before school, starting at 6:30 A.M., meaning that both the girls and boys teams had to practice at the same time, with half of the court for the girls half for the boys. After school, the high school girls would practice from 3:30 to 5:30 P.M. The varsity boys would then start at 5:30 or 6:00 and go until 7:30. After that, the junior varsity boys would come in for an hour and a half. It’s absurd to think that student athletes can make good use of their time with a schedule like that. If the bond were to pass, both the new gym and the present gym would be used for practices and athletes wouldn’t have to wait so long to practice every day. Another reason that the gym should be built is that it is no longer adequate. The bleachers are too close to the
ACTIONS: Except track team sports are not using the stadium field. One conversation with Coach Perry centered around making it happen and 'its about time' in his words.
Abstract: The Stadium construction boom continues, and taxpayers are being forced to pay for new high tech stadiums they don’t want. These new stadiums create only part-time jobs. Stadiums bring money in exclusively for professional leagues and not the communities. The teams are turning public money into private profit. Professional leagues are becoming extremely wealthy at the taxpayers expense. The publicly-funded stadium obsession must be put to a stop before athletes and coaches become even greedier. New stadiums being built hurt public schools, and send a message to children that leisure activities are more important than basic education. Public money
Unfortunately, these arguments contain bad economic reasoning that leads to overstatement of the benefits of stadiums. Economic growth takes place when a community's resources--people, capital investments, and natural resources like land--become more productive. Increased productivity can arise in two ways: from economically beneficial specialization by the community for the purpose of trading with other regions or from local value added that is higher than other uses of local workers, land, and investments. Building a stadium is good for the local economy only if a stadium is the most productive way to make capital investments and use its workers.
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