Do New Digs Mean more Wins?: The Relationship between a New Venue and a Professional Sports Team's Competitive Success

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-182

  Quinn, Kevin G ^a   Bursik, Paul B ^a   Borick, Christopher P ^b   Raethz, Lisa ^a  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

spectator sports; sports economics; stadium subsidies; winning percentage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990348436     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: 15527794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002503251966     Document Type: Article

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