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The issue is durability, ... As an economist, all my instincts tell me just as the dot.com bubble had to burst, the small-market, new-stadium phenomenon had to burst.

Roger Noll

It's much harder to argue that there's a useful role for (the California institute) if there are no restrictions on the NIH.

Roger Noll

The bottom line is no, it's not worth it. It'd be worth it if you could hold down cost. But even if you get the stadium for free, you can't sustain the revenue without improving the quality of the team. You have to get more high-paid players to sustain that revenue.

Roger Noll

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Almost everything is done. Most teams have gotten them (new homes).

Roger Noll

$If you put a Super Bowl in Detroit in January, it does have a big positive benefit to the city - a significant fraction of those who attend and spend hundreds of bucks a piece wouldn't be there otherwise. But if you do the same thing in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, you're just displacing people who would be there anyway. - Roger Noll Quotes$

If you put a Super Bowl in Detroit in January, it does have a big positive benefit to the city - a significant fraction of those who attend and spend hundreds of bucks a piece wouldn't be there otherwise. But if you do the same thing in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, you're just displacing people who would be there anyway.

Roger Noll

If you build a smaller stadium, not only is it more fun to watch the game, it creates scarcity.

Roger Noll

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