No Land Grab: Take a fresh look at stale arguments over stadiums

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January 18, 2005

Take a fresh look at stale arguments over stadiums

Sports Business Journal, Op-ed, Nov 15, 2004: New York Games has posted commentary by Andrew Zimbalist, the sports venue economist whose Ratner-commissioned report stirred controversy and debate last year.

This Zimbalist statement from the op-ed piece is one of the arguments arena detractors cite in the face of the conclusions of Zimbalist's original cost/benefits analysis of the Nets arena:

"...if the goal is strictly economic development, building a stadium should always be compared to the best alternative use of the city's land and resources."