Do College Football Games Pay for Themselves? The Impact of College Football Games on Local Sales Tax Revenue

Dennis Coates () and Craig A. Depken

No 802, Working Papers from International Association of Sports Economists

Abstract: This paper analyzes the net impacts of college football games on the sales tax revenues and taxable sales of four mid-sized cities in Texas. The paper addresses the question in the title, but also asks whether state policy makers might be justified in encouraging schools in their state to play one another based on the local economic impact those games will have. In general, our evidence suggests the answer to that question is no.

Keywords: tourism; economic impacts; special events (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 H27 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-06
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