jobs in the area where the teams’ arena is built. Not only will the people who work for the teams be out of jobs but surrounding businesses will be hurt as well with the lost revenue from the constant business from September till June. “Investments in sports facilities have the potential for generating spillover effects. As already noted, some advocates for public-sector investments in facilities have argued that there are tangible economic spillover benefits such as new jobs generation, revitalized downtown areas, and improved land-use patterns, as well as intangible spillover benefits such as an enhanced civic image and identity. These benefits are in addition to the basic entertainment made available to the payers of admission fees” (Swindell 13). Cities such as Cleveland have shown that a new sporting complex creates new jobs. “Two years after both facilities opened, approximately 1300 jobs have been added in the gateway area and more than 700 million has gone into major development in downtown Cleveland since 1991” (B16). Professional sports teams are a staple of the economy in their area and with the withdrawal of teams could be economic trouble (b11-20).John Manley, the Canadian minister of industry made a proposal to help bail out the six Canadian hockey teams. He gave it in front of the house on January 18th, the proposal give hockey teams tax relief's from the government. In this proposal Manley would have given 25 percent of what the other parties (the other stakeholders, namely the National Hockey League and the provinces and municipalities) didn't kick into the deal (Manley pg 1). The proposal was sent to the house of comments after a year of careful consideration by the Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s cabinet. Franchises such as the Calgary flames, Edmonton Oilers, Ottawa senators and the Vancouver Canucks are having trouble running daily operations without subsidies from the go...
