No Novelty Effect but a Honeymoon that Lasts. On the Attendance Effects of New Football Stadiums

Jan C. van Ours

No 18809, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: In US-based studies focusing on the impact of new sports stadiums on attendance, a recurring observation is the temporary nature of the initial positive effect, commonly described as a novelty or honeymoon effect. This paper revisits the attendance effects of new sports stadiums in a European sports league, i.e. the top tier of Dutch professional football. Analyzing data over a period of three decades the main conclusion is that for many new stadiums the positive attendance effect persists. There is no transient novelty effect but a long-lasting positive attendance effect of new football stadiums.

Keywords: new; sports; stadiums (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 L83 Z2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-02
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