Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403
Phone (202) 842 0200
Fax (202) 842 3490
Contact Us

PRINT PAGE

Sans Serif

Serif

Share with your friends:

Is the Baseball Deal a Strikeout for D.C.?

POLICY FORUM
Monday, November 29, 2004
Noon

Featuring David Catania, At-Large Council Member, D.C. Council; Brad Humphreys, Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Scott Wallsten, Fellow, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies; Ed Lazere, Executive Director, D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute; and moderated by Stephen Slivinski, Director of Budget Studies, Cato Institute

The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Watch the Event in Real Video
Listen to the Event in Real Audio (Audio Only)

The deal to bring Major League Baseball to the nation’s capitol has been negotiated. A plan to build a new stadium using taxpayer funds is awaiting approval by the D.C. Council when they meet on November 30. Stadium supporters predict the new stadium will create thousands of jobs and spur economic development in a depressed area of the city. Yet many economists studying this issue agree that professional sports and the government-subsidized stadiums they demand generally have little, if any, positive effect on a city’s economy. Should the Council play ball with taxpayer money? Join us for a discussion of the D.C baseball deal.

Printer Friendly Version

Feeds for Cato events: RSS • iCal

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL CATO INSTITUTE EVENTS

To register or for more information, call (202) 789-5229, fax (202) 371-0841, or send email.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held at

THE CATO INSTITUTE'S F.A. HAYEK AUDITORIUM
1000 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001

Business attire is requested.

For more information about Cato events, please visit Event FAQs.

The Cato Institute is located on the southwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 10th Street. There is on-street, metered parking around the Institute, as well as a lot located on the corner of Eye and 10th Streets. We are approximately 5 blocks from Metro Center. Take the metro to Metro Center and use the 11th Street exit. Walk north so the lettered streets get higher (H, Eye, K, L, Massachusetts). Make a right on L Street, and walk about 1 block. (See map)