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January 23, 2006
Zimbalist, critic turned enthusiast
Andrew Zimbalist made his name exposing the downside of building new sports venues. Now Zimbalist is staking his reputation on supporting them.
After coming out with his Ratner-commissioned report, touting the public benefits for a new Nets arena in Brooklyn, Zimbalist has reappeared, this time on the NY Times Op-Ed pages, with his glowing assesment of the public benefits of the Yankee Stadium deal.
Too good to be true? Field of Schemes explains why.
Zimbalist's past work has forced sports team owners and government officials to play "hide the subsidy." Since then, the eminent economist can't seem to "follow the money."
Posted by lumi at January 23, 2006 8:43 AM