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

Jan C. van Ours
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Jan C. van Ours: Erasmus University Rotterdam, ECASE and CEPR.

No 24-010/V, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

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: Novelty effect; new sports stadiums; professional football (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 L83 Z20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-02-08
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