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Voter Intentions And Political Implications Of Legislated Stadium Subsidies, Timothy Kellison, Brian M. Mills
Voter Intentions And Political Implications Of Legislated Stadium Subsidies, Timothy Kellison, Brian M. Mills
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
In the US, decisions to allocate public funding toward professional sports facilities are usually made not by voters via referendum or initiative, but rather by their elected representatives. We examine the attitudes of residents in a region affected by a no-vote stadium subsidy to determine whether policymaking is congruent with public will and to consider the political impact of residents’ support of or opposition to the stadium subsidy. Using survey data from 369 registered voters in Cobb County, Georgia, we found the average voter would have approved of publicly funding a new ballpark, but felt that voters should have had …
Student Perceptions Of Branding Benefits Of A New Collegiate Stadium, Glynn M. Mcgehee, Beth Cianfrone, Timothy Kellison
Student Perceptions Of Branding Benefits Of A New Collegiate Stadium, Glynn M. Mcgehee, Beth Cianfrone, Timothy Kellison
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
As universities engage in high-cost stadium projects, there is a need to understand the benefits these facilities provide to stakeholders. We consider the soundness of collegiate stadiums in terms of benefits they may provide to undergraduate students, as the most immediate university stakeholders. Specifically, their perception that collegiate stadiums improve university brand equity is considered. The purposes of this study were to measure student perceptions of stadium benefits (e.g., brand, tangible, and intangible) and to determine if students’ personal characteristics explain perception of brand equity benefits of a stadium. Surveys were distributed to students at a university with a new …
Framing Democracy: Stadium Financing And Civic Paternalism In Test Market, Usa, Timothy Kellison, Joshua Newman, Kyle Bunds
Framing Democracy: Stadium Financing And Civic Paternalism In Test Market, Usa, Timothy Kellison, Joshua Newman, Kyle Bunds
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
The vast majority of North America’s professional sport arenas, ballparks, and stadiums are publicly subsidized without direct approval from voters. In this article, we examine the discursive constitution of ‘no-vote subsidies’ within the public sphere, and in particular problematize the twinned production(s) of citizenship and democratic process in framing public subsidization of these sites of private accumulation. To do this, we examine the recent no-vote subsidy occurring in Columbus, Ohio—thereby providing context-specific interrogation of the mediations of participatory citizenship, political decision-making, and the institution of democracy as related to sport stadium funding. As part of this analysis, we discuss the …
Public Attitudes Towards No-Vote Stadium Subsidies: The Development And Validation Of An Ex Post Proxy Referendum, Timothy Kellison, Yukyoum Kim
Public Attitudes Towards No-Vote Stadium Subsidies: The Development And Validation Of An Ex Post Proxy Referendum, Timothy Kellison, Yukyoum Kim
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
In most cases, professional sport stadiums are financed through a mix of public and private investment. The amount of public subsidy allocated for a stadium can vary greatly by project, as can the role of citizens in deciding such matters. With respect to public-stadium financing, research has focused chiefly on citizen participation through direct democracy (e.g., referendums and initiatives). However, the vast majority of stadium projects across North American professional sport receive public financing without any form of citizen vote. Cases of the socalled no-vote subsidy may be problematic to citizens, especially if public policy does not correspond to the …
No-Vote Stadium Subsidies And The Democratic Response, Timothy Kellison
No-Vote Stadium Subsidies And The Democratic Response, Timothy Kellison
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
Scholarship on sports stadium subsidies has covered myriad topics, including economic impact, finance, political strategy, and voter behavior. One area receiving much less attention from researchers is the emergence of the no-vote subsidy—where stadium-finance decisions are decided without a public vote—as a frequent alternative to direct democracy (i.e., referendums or initiatives). In this article, it is contended that an unfavorable no-vote subsidy can have damaging effects on a team’s financial performance, the reputation of elected officials, and citizen confidence in the democratic process. Whereas previous analyses of stadium-subsidy debates often end with a voting outcome (i.e., the issue is passed …
Civic Paternalism In Political Policymaking: The Justification For No-Vote Stadium Subsidies, Timothy Kellison, Michael Mondello
Civic Paternalism In Political Policymaking: The Justification For No-Vote Stadium Subsidies, Timothy Kellison, Michael Mondello
Kinesiology Faculty Publications
Direct democracy practices such as initiatives and referenda are increasingly ignored or circumvented by political leaders who allocate subsidies toward new professional sport stadium developments. In a democracy, such a means of governing may be problematic if the outcome is unreflective of the public will. The existing literature makes several theoretical connections for this line of political decision-making, including urban growth machines and trustee–delegate representation. In this paper, these concepts are integrated with empirical evidence to support the conceptualization of civic paternalism, a term that provides partial description of the political decision-making process. Civic paternalists justify their decisions by arguing …