Professional Sports Events, Concerts, and Urban Place Based Policy: Evidence from the Staples Center

Yulia Chikish, Brad Humphreys, Crocker Liu and Adam Nowak
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Yulia Chikish: West Virginia University, Department of Economics
Crocker Liu: Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
Adam Nowak: West Virginia University, Department of Economics

No 17-32, Working Papers from Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Abstract: We analyze the relationship between sports events and concerts, important hospitality demand drivers and key components of many urban renewal projects, in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, an arena home to three pro teams, and nearby hotel performance, exploiting exogenous daily variation in the timing of games and concerts from 2002 to 2017. Results show a small positive impact on revenue per available room at hotels within one mile of the arena and an offsetting decrease at hotels located one to four miles away. Granting nearby hotels exemptions from Los Angeles hotel taxes reduces potential tourism-generated hotel tax revenue increases.

Keywords: place based policy; hotel operating performance; professional sports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H71 Z23 Z28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2017-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-spo and nep-ure
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