PLEASE DON'T COUNT ON THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME TO SAVE KANSAS CITY!!!
The New Republic mythbusts a great deal of the hype that Kansas City politicos are counting on to turn around the fortunes of this town: Economists, Robert A. Baade and Victor A. Matheson of Lake Forest College reviewed the economic impact of All-Star Games between 1973 and 1997 and found that “the economic impact of the All-Star Game on the host city could be negative and is certainly likely on average to be much lower than the magnitude of the most recent MLB estimate.”
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The CVA estimates a $60 million "boost" to the KC economy. All the money will go to hotels and restaurants owned by out-of-town corporations and the local KCMO taxpayers will pick up the extra $1 million+ tab.
And not actually go to the game.
Thanks for playing.
Acity that works. Just not for you.
Who would want to come to KC to see a ball game?
Nobody
"between '73 and '77? You mean when players wore stirrup socks and did blow in the dugout? that should be super insightful.
Google is 100 times, maybe a thousand times more important to this town than the All Star Game.
Tony is right.
Tony? You are referencing a liberal publication with a circulation of only 50,000?
This article is based on a 2001 article, in regards to the MLB All Star Games of 1973-1997 Tony.
This reporting is 15 years out of date.
Yeah, that's a credible source. Lol.
KC will be broke when Sly is done with us.
Every lame-assed politician, political hack and their idiot off spring will be pulling strings to attend that over-hyped game. That is the low-level measure of the fake event.
8:49.
"Fake event"?
You mean the All Star Game is computer generated? Kauffman Stadium will be empty that night?
Who would have known?
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