Impacts of professional sports stadium development projects on urban areas

dc.contributor.authorCorwin, Charles S.
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-28T20:03:52Z
dc.date.available2011-04-28T20:03:52Z
dc.date.graduationmonthMayen_US
dc.date.issued2011-04-28
dc.date.published2011en_US
dc.description.abstractProfessional sports stadium development projects are major civic endeavors, and city officials and sports franchises often promise stadiums will generate significant gains in the regional economy. This study examines the effectiveness of stadium development in inducing economic development and urban revitalization by conducting a secondary data analysis, and case study of PNC Park and Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Consistent with prior empirical studies, the secondary data analysis shows that stadium projects do not always produce significant regional economic benefits. A close investigation of the two stadium projects in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, however, finds substantially positive effects on investment and physical development at the district level. The present research suggests that stadium developments can be a more powerful urban redevelopment catalyst when consideration is given to four essential factors – location, design, institutional structure, and history and timing.en_US
dc.description.advisorJae Hong-Kimen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Regional and Community Planningen_US
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planningen_US
dc.description.levelMastersen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/8523
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherKansas State Universityen
dc.subjectSports stadium developmenten_US
dc.subjectUrban revitalizationen_US
dc.subjectEconomic developmenten_US
dc.subjectPhysical developmenten_US
dc.subject.umiArea Planning and Development (0341)en_US
dc.subject.umiUrban Planning (0999)en_US
dc.titleImpacts of professional sports stadium development projects on urban areasen_US
dc.typeReporten_US

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