Market potential as an indicator for the size of a new relocated football arena: The case KAA Gent a Belgian professional football team

Trudo Dejonghe ()

No 821, Working Papers from International Association of Sports Economists

Abstract: The place of Gent in the urban system is that of a regional city with high centrality. This means that consumer-oriented services with a high threshold, such as a professional football team, reach their threshold in the city. In the case of professional football a functional substitution has taken place and the top team is located in Brugge The service area of Bruges reaches almost up to Gent and the E40 highway reduces the time-distance. The new location of the stadium is near the main highway.. The question is of the market potential of the clubs is large enough to attract more attendances.

Keywords: local identity; relocation; functional substitution; service area; market potential; consumer oriented service; spatial competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mkt, nep-spo and nep-ure
Date: 2008-08

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