J.C. Bradbury
@jcbradbury.com
Economist, Georgian, Gadfly
Stadium Subsidies, Film Incentives, Local Economic Development, Sports Economics
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Stadium Subsidies, Film Incentives, Local Economic Development, Sports Economics
Tariffs bad. Vaccines good.
*If I block you, you deserved it.*
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Cover just dropped. Coming in 2026 from Oxford University Press.
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This is the official Atlanta World Cup city guide. Restaurants, travel hacks, and a booming soccer culture.
But as I wrote it, I realized it was like my love letter to the city I’ve called home since 2010.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
But as I wrote it, I realized it was like my love letter to the city I’ve called home since 2010.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Atlanta World Cup 2026 guide: What to do, eat and see
Everything you need to know as the city prepares to host World Cup games, from its sporting history to the best places to eat and drink
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is the official Atlanta World Cup city guide. Restaurants, travel hacks, and a booming soccer culture.
But as I wrote it, I realized it was like my love letter to the city I’ve called home since 2010.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
But as I wrote it, I realized it was like my love letter to the city I’ve called home since 2010.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
The claim that data centers provide jobs and tax revenue is not supported by any evidence that I have seen. There is no need to report it because a motivated party asserts it. We need data centers, but they don't need subsidies, and there are negative externalities. www.ajc.com/business/202...
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The claim that data centers provide jobs and tax revenue is not supported by any evidence that I have seen. There is no need to report it because a motivated party asserts it. We need data centers, but they don't need subsidies, and there are negative externalities. www.ajc.com/business/202...
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Ahead of today’s World Cup draw, articles in Italy’s La Repubblica & Spain’s El País on how there may be immigration raids at games & people who posted a social media message that Trump administration didn’t like could face deportation.
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
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Agenti anti immigrazione negli stadi e visti blindati: negli Usa mondiali di calcio da regime
Il capo della task force della Casa Bianca: ingressi vietati ai tifosi di Iran e Haiti e controlli negli stadi a caccia di clandestini
www.repubblica.it
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ahead of today’s World Cup draw, articles in Italy’s La Repubblica & Spain’s El País on how there may be immigration raids at games & people who posted a social media message that Trump administration didn’t like could face deportation.
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
www.repubblica.it/esteri/2025/...
elpais.com/us/migracion...
Give me a fucking break. Where is the team going to go? Why is it the job of Vancouver/BC taxpayers to build a private team a stadium so the MLS can earn more revenue. Stop. This is nothing more than posturing for subsidies. www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Whitecaps prep for MLS Cup not knowing where – or if – they’ll have a future home in Vancouver
Vancouver may be the best story in MLS this season, and it's all happening with the club for sale and its future wholly unclear
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Give me a fucking break. Where is the team going to go? Why is it the job of Vancouver/BC taxpayers to build a private team a stadium so the MLS can earn more revenue. Stop. This is nothing more than posturing for subsidies. www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
I'm sorry, but what does it take to stop reporting obviously insincere bullshit as a realistic expectation? McGuirk has been saying the Braves will have a top-five payroll for years. www.ajc.com/sports/2025/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm sorry, but what does it take to stop reporting obviously insincere bullshit as a realistic expectation? McGuirk has been saying the Braves will have a top-five payroll for years. www.ajc.com/sports/2025/...
For a long time, I didn't realize how important the abstract was. Why spend all that time writing a paper and then blow off the main thing that will cause people to read it? It's often the only thing that gets read.
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For a long time, I didn't realize how important the abstract was. Why spend all that time writing a paper and then blow off the main thing that will cause people to read it? It's often the only thing that gets read.
Pretty normal year, sandwiched between a Lydia Loveless phase and a new Taylor Swift album.
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pretty normal year, sandwiched between a Lydia Loveless phase and a new Taylor Swift album.
I'm getting a lot of promotional ideas as gift suggestions that remind me of this.
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm getting a lot of promotional ideas as gift suggestions that remind me of this.
Meet the parent, meet the problem.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Meet the parent, meet the problem.
Does anyone know if Team Marketing Report is still in business? Website is operational, but Fan Cost Index updates and other posting hasn't happened in over a year. teammarketing.com
Team Marketing Report - Team Marketing Report
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December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Does anyone know if Team Marketing Report is still in business? Website is operational, but Fan Cost Index updates and other posting hasn't happened in over a year. teammarketing.com
When it comes to stadiums, people will believe the most ridiculous obviously untrue things. This stadium could "potentially save lives"?... It's embarrassing that someone would say something this asinine out loud. buff.ly/fN8kCUC
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When it comes to stadiums, people will believe the most ridiculous obviously untrue things. This stadium could "potentially save lives"?... It's embarrassing that someone would say something this asinine out loud. buff.ly/fN8kCUC
So, is any local media outlet going to report on Detroit FC's phony fiscal impact assessment, which netted the team an $88 million subsidy? This should be a scandal.
Detroit’s own clown documents show taxpayers losing $39m on $45m soccer stadium subsidy
After I reported here Friday about Detroit's WXYZ-TV reporting without comment that the new Detroit City F.C. soccer stadium getting $88 million in tax breaks "is expected to generate $25 million in…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So, is any local media outlet going to report on Detroit FC's phony fiscal impact assessment, which netted the team an $88 million subsidy? This should be a scandal.
If you think a credible economic impact projection model is feasible, then you have to do 3 things.
1) Develop such a model.
2) Demonstrate it projects accurately using past data.
3) Publish it in a peer-reviewed journal.
Otherwise, you're just wishcasting.
1) Develop such a model.
2) Demonstrate it projects accurately using past data.
3) Publish it in a peer-reviewed journal.
Otherwise, you're just wishcasting.
It's time to stop pretending that these are good-faith estimates that are exaggerating or being abused on the margin. Projecting the "fiscal impact" of a stadium over a 30-year lease is a fool's errand. If you disagree, show me one done right.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you think a credible economic impact projection model is feasible, then you have to do 3 things.
1) Develop such a model.
2) Demonstrate it projects accurately using past data.
3) Publish it in a peer-reviewed journal.
Otherwise, you're just wishcasting.
1) Develop such a model.
2) Demonstrate it projects accurately using past data.
3) Publish it in a peer-reviewed journal.
Otherwise, you're just wishcasting.
I was totally unaware of NASCAR's charter system, which started in 2016 (not all racing teams joined). If you' re interested in doing research in sports economics, how about looking into this, instead of yet another paper on competitive balance.
Jordan, NASCAR take fight to federal court | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michael Jordan's bitter fight against NASCAR heads to federal court Monday in a jury trial that could rip apart the top motorsports series in the United States.
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I was totally unaware of NASCAR's charter system, which started in 2016 (not all racing teams joined). If you' re interested in doing research in sports economics, how about looking into this, instead of yet another paper on competitive balance.
My theory on The Chair Company is that when the chair broke, Ron got knocked out, has a concussion, and has been dreaming. We'll get a second season because his unconscious mind isn't totally wrong about Tecca. That or ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
My theory on The Chair Company is that when the chair broke, Ron got knocked out, has a concussion, and has been dreaming. We'll get a second season because his unconscious mind isn't totally wrong about Tecca. That or ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm sure Lane Kiffin's tenure at LSU will be totally normal and not end badly.
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm sure Lane Kiffin's tenure at LSU will be totally normal and not end badly.
No one who sat through that entire Falcons-Jets game deserved having to watch overtime.
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No one who sat through that entire Falcons-Jets game deserved having to watch overtime.
I just want to live in a world with serious competent adults who seek real honest answers. I guess that's too much to ask.
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I just want to live in a world with serious competent adults who seek real honest answers. I guess that's too much to ask.
The problem isn't that motivated parties commission phony studies, it's that people believe them. Everyone understands People's "Sexiest Man Alive" magazine covers you can buy at the carnival are fake. But economic impact studies? They're taken seriously by the local media.
Why does no one seem to understand that forward-looking "economic impact studies" aren't a real thing? There is no grad school class on this because no credible forecasting methods exist. No serious economists use these consultant projection models for anything.
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The problem isn't that motivated parties commission phony studies, it's that people believe them. Everyone understands People's "Sexiest Man Alive" magazine covers you can buy at the carnival are fake. But economic impact studies? They're taken seriously by the local media.
Why does no one seem to understand that forward-looking "economic impact studies" aren't a real thing? There is no grad school class on this because no credible forecasting methods exist. No serious economists use these consultant projection models for anything.
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why does no one seem to understand that forward-looking "economic impact studies" aren't a real thing? There is no grad school class on this because no credible forecasting methods exist. No serious economists use these consultant projection models for anything.
When you're just making up the numbers, no one bothers to double-check the fake math.
They just … added $7 million a year out of thin air?
(Not that the original figures were plausible.)
(Not that the original figures were plausible.)
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When you're just making up the numbers, no one bothers to double-check the fake math.
So, you say, "this one will be different," huh?
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So, you say, "this one will be different," huh?
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Who owns what in Atlantic Yards? What are the project's real variables?)
normanoder.substack.com/p/who-owns-w...
When I asked about ownership, I got the runaround. Previously, a risky structure undermined the project. Plus: doesn't public investment require more financial transparency?
normanoder.substack.com/p/who-owns-w...
When I asked about ownership, I got the runaround. Previously, a risky structure undermined the project. Plus: doesn't public investment require more financial transparency?
Who Owns What In the Project? What Are the Project's Real Variables?
When I asked about ownership, I got the runaround. Previously, a risky structure undermined the project. Plus: doesn't public investment require more financial transparency?
normanoder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Who owns what in Atlantic Yards? What are the project's real variables?)
normanoder.substack.com/p/who-owns-w...
When I asked about ownership, I got the runaround. Previously, a risky structure undermined the project. Plus: doesn't public investment require more financial transparency?
normanoder.substack.com/p/who-owns-w...
When I asked about ownership, I got the runaround. Previously, a risky structure undermined the project. Plus: doesn't public investment require more financial transparency?
Good grief. This is the document being used to claim that the Detroit minor-league soccer stadium will generate a $25 mil economic impact *per year*. It's nothing but ridiculous assertions. Reporting this as some sort of credible assessment is negligence. detroitmigov.app.box.com/v/DCFC-CBO-R...
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good grief. This is the document being used to claim that the Detroit minor-league soccer stadium will generate a $25 mil economic impact *per year*. It's nothing but ridiculous assertions. Reporting this as some sort of credible assessment is negligence. detroitmigov.app.box.com/v/DCFC-CBO-R...
I've come to the conclusion that journalism has fundamentally changed. The expectation that media members are supposed to inform readers is a vestige of the past. It's now up to knowledgeable individuals to spread correct information outside traditional outlets.
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've come to the conclusion that journalism has fundamentally changed. The expectation that media members are supposed to inform readers is a vestige of the past. It's now up to knowledgeable individuals to spread correct information outside traditional outlets.