Professional teams and leagues claim new stadiums lead to economic development. To test this, we utilize data from the Census Bureau on net establishment and employment changes across 871 Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas from 2004 to 2012. Difference-in-differences and panel data techniques allow for a cross-sectional and time series comparison for both teams and new stadia in both professional and development leagues. Nearly all results from hundreds of models are insignificantly different from zero. Results from between- and random-effects models suggest that teams move into markets that already have higher employment and establishment growth. (JEL R58, H71, L83, Z28)

专业团队和联赛声称新的体育场馆可以促进经济发展。为了验证这一点，我们利用了人口普查局提供的2004年至2012年871个大城市和小城市统计区域内净建立和就业变化的数据。差异和面板数据技术可以对这两个国家的横截面和时间序列进行比较专业和发展联盟中的团队和新球场。数百种模型的几乎所有结果与零的差异均很小。介于中间效应和随机效应模型之间的结果表明，团队进入了已经拥有更高就业和机构增长的市场。（JEL R58，H71，L83，Z28）