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Professional Sports Teams
& Green City Space
By Chloë Fitzmaurice & Kiara Herrera

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Hypothesis:
Professional sports team’s wealth affects the amount of
green space within their home city due to sports team’s
revenue, their publically funded stadiums, and popularity.

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OUTLINE
☐ Team’s Revenue VS Green Space
☐ Stadium’s Funding VS Green Space
☐ Team’s Revenue VS Green Space
☐ Team’s Revenue VS City’s Green Recreation
☐ Other Findings
☐ Final Thoughts

4. + Total Team Revenue
vs.
Percent Average Green Space
San Diego
San Francisco
Atlanta

5. + Total Team Revenue
vs.
Percent Average Green Space

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Stadium Subsidies
BENEFITS
•Creation of jobs
•Increase property value
•Increase tax base
•Marketing tool
•Tourism activities
•Increase civic pride
•Increase productivity
CRITICISMS
•No Economic growth or job creation
•0% increase in local economy
•Uprooting of local businesses
•Entire region feels

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Finding a Middle Ground
San Francisco
San Jose
Atlanta

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Team’s Revenue & City’s Green
Recreation
City’s Total Baseball Diamonds
City’s Total Basketball Hoops
Vs.
Vs.
City’s Total MLB Revenue
City’s Total NBA Revenue
New York
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Chicago
Los Angeles New York
o

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Team’s Revenue & Cities Green
Recreation
City’s Total Baseball Diamonds
City’s Total Basketball Hoops
Vs.
Vs.
City’s Total MLB Revenue
City’s Total NBA Revenue

10. + Income & Sports Team’s Revenue
Average
vs.
Green Space

11. +
Testings with no
Relationships

12. +Total Pubic Funding of Stadiums per
Resident vs.
Total Spent on Parks per Resident

13. +Average Public Funding of Stadiums
vs.
Green Space

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Final Thoughts and Theories
o Professional Sports Team’s Revenue DOES
NOT directly contribute to a city’s green
space
o Sports popularity could contribute to green
space
o Richer Cities Richer Sports Teams
More Green Space

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Team’s Revenue VS Green Space
Stadium’s Funding VS Green Space
Team’s Revenue VS Green Space
Team’s Revenue VS City’s Green Recreation
Other Findings
Final Thoughts
Questions?