Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to reframe analyses of stadium and arena subsidization policies from perspectives centered upon economic and financial issues toward a perspective focused on broader issues of urban governance and the public purposes of sports facilities. Such assessments would provide a better understanding of whether such use of public resources represents good public policy.

Design/methodology/approach

To demonstrate this, the paper uses an integrated literature review to offer a historical analysis of sport facility development within the context of the broader assumptions that shape public policy and how sports have been used toward achieving particular public goals. This history provides a foundation for an analysis of sports facility development within the current moment as cities require team owners to invest in redevelopment activities in the neighborhoods surrounding sports facilities.

Findings

This paper asserts that focusing on the economic and financial aspects of sports facility development is a perspective that is too narrow. Instead, this paper shows that a more holistic approach, beginning with the dominant mode of urban governance and how its assumptions underlie the public purposes for which stadiums and arenas are used, provides a better explanatory framework and a deeper understanding of the issue in the contemporary moment.

Originality/value

Moving beyond the question of economic efficacy, the public purpose-centered approach of this paper seeks to place subsidization policies into a broader dialog with other priorities toward maximizing the public good among the broadest population.

中文翻译：

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超越“谁付钱？”：体育场馆发展和城市治理

目的

本文的目的是从以经济和金融问题为中心的角度对体育场和竞技场补贴政策的分析进行重新组织，而将重点放在更广泛的城市治理和体育设施的公共目的上。这样的评估将更好地了解这种公共资源的使用是否代表良好的公共政策。

设计/方法/方法

为了证明这一点，本文使用综合文献综述，在塑造公共政策以及如何将体育用于实现特定公共目标的更广泛假设的背景下，对体育设施的发展进行了历史分析。历史记录为当前时刻体育设施的发展分析提供了基础，因为城市要求车队所有者投资体育设施周围社区的重建活动。

发现

本文断言，仅关注体育设施发展的经济和金融方面是一个过于狭窄的观点。相反，本文表明，从城市治理的主导模式及其假设如何成为使用体育场和竞技场的公共目的基础的角度出发，更全面的方法可以提供更好的解释框架和对当代问题的更深刻理解。片刻。

创意/价值

除了经济效益问题以外，本文的以公共目的为中心的方法还试图将补贴政策与其他优先事项进行更广泛的对话，以实现最广泛人群的公共利益最大化。