Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298017 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2024-010/V
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
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.
Subjects: 
Novelty effect
new sports stadiums
professional football
JEL: 
C21
L83
Z20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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