Day: October 10, 2014

State Roundup, October 10, 2014

Refining of pot decriminalization law falls to courts, cops and prosecutors; percentage of “actively employed” Marylanders drops; Democrats on defense as a number of Northeast governors races are in play; Brown, Hogan camps queried about lack of closed captioning in advertising; Brown, Dems attack Hogan on Purple Line stand, school construction; whoever the next governor is, he’ll be a Catholic; Sun profiles candidate’s wives: Yumi Hogan and Karmen Brown; small business organization backs Hogan for governor; Delaney, Bongino sharply divided on issues; and Arundel courts to launch e-filing system for documents.

Post-season baseball brings limited economic growth

Post-season baseball brings limited economic growth

For the bars, restaurants and shops immediately around Camden Yards in Baltimore, playoff baseball means more customers and more revenue. But sports economists argue that while that may be the case, the city as a whole isn’t likely to generate too much additional revenue, in large part because business stays in the areas immediately around the ballpark.

“The economic impact is usually exaggerated and zero sum at best because the baseball fans may crowd out the regular customers and the fans are spending money at Boog’s BBQ (at Camden Yards) instead of somewhere else in the Inner Harbor,” said John Vrooman, a sports economist and professor at Vanderbilt University.

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