Deflate-gate in Saint Louis: Air goes out of a plan for a new subsidized football stadium
In stimulating tourism, trade, and economic growth, the Roman Coliseum may be the world’s only sports stadium that has repaid...
The Unfortunate Truths Behind Rams’ Relocation Statement
The Rams' statement on why they want to move to L.A. is self-serving, capped off with an incredibly cheesy quote from...
Riverfront Stadium Costs Change, Backers Push Ahead
We’ve covered the proposal to spend some $400 million in public dollars on a new stadium for Rams extensively on...
The Unspeakable in Full Pursuit of – a Football Stadium
Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” We can make the same point about...
What I Saw at the Stadium Hearing
On Saturday, the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen’s Ways and Means Committee held a public comment session on the Near...
Riverfront Stadium Deal May Be Worse for City than Dome Lease
After significant delay, Missouri and Saint Louis City residents finally have a proposal on how much the public will be...
Keeping the Rams – Lessons from a Nursery Song
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full. In reading reports of Tuesday’s NFL...
Riverfront Stadium Unlikely to Increase Construction Jobs in Saint Louis
This week, members of the Saint Louis City Board of Alderman announced that they support a public vote on the...
$100 Million Here, $400 Million There-Are We Talking Real Money Yet?
Recently, the Saint Louis Business Journal reported that the Saint Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) is pushing for a...
Stadium Planners Sweeten the Deal . . . for Billionaires
Recently, the governor’s stadium task force announced a provisional agreement for the naming rights of a proposed riverfront stadium. The...
Where Did All of These Events Come From?
Joe Miller and I have already said a lot regarding the new study claiming that a new Rams stadium would...
Washington University Faculty Oppose Public Dollars for Stadium; Planners Promise Brew Pub
As we have mentioned many times before, economists are virtually unanimous in their agreement that publicly funded sports stadiums are...
Missouri Needs to Learn to Prioritize Spending
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In a couple of weeks’ time, incoming college freshmen will get their first...
More Shell Games from Riverfront Stadium Planners
Last week, the Post-Dispatch published an article detailing yet another change to how a riverfront stadium, designed to keep the...
Be Skeptical of Dome Convention Claims
Recently, the Post-Dispatch published an article on the economic effects of the Edward Jones Dome’s conventions. The Convention and Visitors Commission...
When It Comes to a New Stadium, John Oliver Tells Saint Louis to “Make Them Pay!”
Last week, comedian John Oliver took on the public funding of sports stadiums on his popular HBO show, Last Week...
Top Misconceptions About the Riverfront Stadium Plan
As the fight over funding a new riverfront stadium, designed to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, plays out in the...
You Don’t Say
Telling people “I told you so” is probably not a good way to win friends and influence people. However, when...
$3 Million in Taxpayer Money Spent On Stadium; Still No One Has Voted
This week, the Post-Dispatch reported that $3 million in taxpayer dollars has already been spent on a riverfront stadium project...
Missouri Stadium Funding Plan Is Bad Policy, Possibly Illegal
In a quest to build a new riverfront stadium to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, some state and local...
