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July 14, 2008
The Future of Baseball
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC Radio
Atlantic Yards Report's Norman Oder dominates the comments section — and scores an on-air mention — during Brian Lehrer's interview with the author of the Forest City Ratner-commissioned "economic analysis" of the Atlantic Yards project.
Should taxpayers’ money fund gleaming new stadiums in a time of economic downturn? On the eve of the All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium, sports business expert Andrew Zimbalist gives his take on the future of America’s favorite pastime.
NoLandGrab: Zimbalist's claim that "the Yankees are paying the full freight" of the $1.3 billion cost of their new stadium is pure fantasy, and calls into question "the Ol' Professor's" credentials as an economist. Field of Schemes author Neil deMause has a far more realistic estimate, updated in June, which shows that it's the taxpayers, not the Yankees, who are carrying the load.
Posted by eric at July 14, 2008 12:24 PM