Citations

Economy

Abbiasov, T., & Sedov, D. (2023). Do local businesses benefit from sports facilities? the case of major league sports stadiums and arenas. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 98, 103853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2022.103853

Coates, D. (2018). Growth Effects of Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and Arenas: 15 Years Later. MERCATUS WORKING PAPER.

Coates, D., & Humphreys, B. R. (2008). Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Subsidies for Sports Franchises, Stadiums, and Mega-Events? North American Association of Sports Economists Working Paper Series.

Parker, C. (2016, April 9). Sports Stadiums Don’t Spur Economic Growth, Stanford Expert Says. Stanford News. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://news.stanford.edu/2015/07/30/stadium-economics-noll-073015/

Peng, Y. (2019). Shrinking Chinatown Project (dissertation). ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

Zimbalist, A., & Noll, R. G. (2016, July 28). Sports, jobs, & taxes: Are new stadiums worth the cost? Brookings. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sports-jobs-taxes-are-new-stadiums-worth-the-cost/

Displacement

Arena, J. (2012). Driven from New Orleans: How nonprofits betray public housing and promote privatization. University of Minnesota Press.

Joinville, A. (2023, February 9). Office of Immigrant Affairs. City of Philadelphia Earns Certified Welcoming Designation. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.phila.gov/2023-02-09-city-of-philadelphia-earns-certified-welcoming-designation/

Li, J. (2007). “Philadelphia’s Chinatown: An Ethnic Enclave Economy in a Changing Landscape”. CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, https://repository.upenn.edu/curej/79.

Misra, T. (2016, February 5). Super Bowl 50 already has a loser: San Francisco taxpayers and the poor. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-05/super-bowl-50-already-has-a-loser-san-francisco-taxpayers-and-the-poor

Neef, A. (2023). Tourism, land grabs and displacement: The darker side of the feel-good industry. Routledge.

Schwab, K. (n.d.). The racist roots of “Urban renewal” and how it made cities less equal. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.fastcompany.com/90155955/the-racist-roots-of-urban-renewal-and-how-it-made-cities-less-equal

Wieser, A. A., Scherz, M., Passer, A., & Kreiner, H. (2021). Challenges of a healthy built environment: Air pollution in construction industry. Sustainability, 13(18), 10469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810469

Wilkins, D. (2016). “The Effect of Athletic Stadiums on Communities, with a Focus on Housing” International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE). 88.

Parking & Transportation

Daly, M. (2021, August 31). Limiting our potential: How center city congestion impacts all Philadelphians. Econsult Solutions, Inc. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://econsultsolutions.com/philadelphia-congestion-2019/

Humphreys, B. R. & Pyun, H. (2018). Professional sporting events and traffic: Evidence from U.S. cities. Journal of Regional Science, 58(5), 869–886. 10.1111/jors.12389

Inrix. (n.d.). Scorecard City. Inrix. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://inrix.com/scorecard-city/?city=Philadelphia+PA&index=5

Kanthor, D., & Ikirezi, B. (2020). (rep.). Parking Inventory. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.phila.gov/media/20211103150142/CentralPhiladelphiaParkingStudy2020.pdf

Community Safety

Kellison, T. (2023). Sport stadiums and environmental justice. Routledge.

Propheter, G. (2019). Do urban sports facilities have unique social costs? an analysis of event-related congestion on police response time. International Journal of Urban Sciences, 24(2), 271–281. https://doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2019.1625805

Pyun, H. (2018). Exploring causal relationship between Major League Baseball games and crime: A synthetic control analysis. Empirical Economics, 57(1), 365–383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-018-1440-9

Environment

City of Philadelphia. (2021, January 15). City commits to carbon neutrality by 2050, releases Climate action playbook and hires First chief resilience officer: Office of Sustainability. City of Philadelphia. (n.d.). Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.phila.gov/2021-01-15-city-commits-to-carbon-neutrality-by-2050-releases-climate-action-playbook-and-hires-first-chief-resilience-officer/

Environmental Protection Agency. (2023, January 13). Heat Island Effect. EPA. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.epa.gov/heatislands

Gunia, A. (2022, November 29). World Cup: Outdoor air conditioning’s environmental impact. Time. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://time.com/6236839/qatar-world-cup-outdoor-air-conditioning-environment/

Reggie Parris, E. S. (2021, April 28). Impacts of sports stadiums on urban sustainability. ArcGIS StoryMaps. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/deb70532de6b4a36b69b9d7f88116885

Public Health

Commercial Architecture Magazine. (n.d.). Adaptive Reuse – an eco-friendly approach to sustainable architecture. Commercial Architecture Magazine. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://www.commercialarchitecturemagazine.com/adaptive-reuse/

Humphreys, B., & Rueski, J. (2019, October 10). Geographic determinants of Infant Health: The impact of Sports Facility Construction Projects. Working Papers. Retrieved April 3, 2023, from https://ideas.repec.org/p/wvu/wpaper/19-06.html

Kellison, T. (2023). Sport stadiums and environmental justice. Routledge.