 The Local Economic Impact of Phantom College Football Games: Evidence from North CarolinaA chapter in The Economic Impact of Sports Facilities, Franchises, and Events, 2023, pp 47-57 from Springer Abstract: Abstract During the fall 2020 and spring 2021, many college football games in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) were postponed or cancelled because of protocols instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic. These games are considered “phantom games” because they were scheduled and announced in advance but were not played. In the state of North Carolina, 18 FBS and 47 FCS “phantom games” occurred in the fall 2020 and spring 2021, and they provide an opportunity to estimate the impact of lost sporting events on host county monthly sales tax revenue. The results suggest that an average phantom FBS game reduced host county monthly sales tax revenue by $1.26 million; phantom FCS games were statistically insignificant. In total, the phantom FBS games cost host counties in North Carolina approximately $43.7 million in lost sales tax revenues. This impact should be included when analyzing the total costs of the COVID-19 protocols. Keywords: College sports; Football; COVID; Economic impact (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:semchp:978-3-031-39248-1_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39248-1_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Sports Economics, Management, and Policy from Springer |
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