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Charity, City Council, Economic Sustainability, Ethics, Jim Lane, Light Rail, Taxes, Tourism

Super Bowl Tax Boost? Not Buying It

May 8, 2015 No Comments

Peter Corbett’s front page article in today’s Arizona Republic on Super Bowl tax impact is a perfect example of how reading critically can reveal a completely different picture than the headline might suggest. ’15 Super Bowl visitors boosted tax revenue by double digits Sorry, Peter, I’m not buying it. And you gave a really good […]

City Council, Economic Sustainability, Ethics, Politics, Taxes, Tourism

Armchair Super Bowl Economics

February 7, 2015 3 Comments

Dawn Gilbertson’s article on AZCentral Thursday, “Super Bowl weekend a bonanza for Phoenix area hotels and resorts,” is unfortunately a typical puff piece and exercise in confirmation bias that will be used to justify the millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded Super Bowl subsidies paid out by Valley cities…not to mention huge bumps in spending for […]

Bonds, Economic Sustainability, Ethics, Golf, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, Media, Taxes

Cost Versus Benefits: Super Bowl Voodoo Economics

January 31, 2015 2 Comments

I’ve been pretty hard on the Arizona Republic and much of our other news media, but I have to give credit to Laurie Roberts, Mark Curtis, and a few others who are keeping the dialog going about the real cost of big events like the Super Bowl. However, even these professional journalists aren’t able to keep […]