Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2024-02-08
Number: 24-010/V
Author-Name: Jan C. van Ours
Author-Workplace-Name: Erasmus University Rotterdam, ECASE and CEPR.
Title: No Novelty Effect but a Honeymoon that Lasts
On the Attendance Effects of New Football Stadiums
Abstract: In US-based studies focusing on the impact of new sports stadiums on attendance, a recurring observation is the temporary nature of the initial positive effect, commonly described as a novelty or honeymoon effect. This paper revisits the attendance effects of new sports stadiums in a European sports league, i.e. the top tier of Dutch professional football. Analyzing data over a period of three decades the main conclusion is that for many new stadiums the positive attendance effect persists. There is no transient novelty effect but a long-lasting positive attendance effect of new football stadiums.
Classification-JEL: C21, L83, Z20.
Keywords: Novelty effect, new sports stadiums, professional football
File-URL: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/24010.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20240010