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The novelty effect and on-field team performance in new sports facilities: the case of the Canadian Football League

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  • Yinle Huang
  • Brian P. Soebbing

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When advocating for public funding assistance for new stadiums, franchise owners often employ the rationale of higher attendance and enhanced on-field team performance among other arguments. The Canadian Football League (CFL) has seen a number of large publicly funded facilities open over the last decade. In the present study, we empirically analyze seasonal attendance and on-field performance data from 1996 to 2019 to see whether these assertations can be supported. Results from a Tobit estimation (n = 203) reveal an increase in teams’ regular season home game attendance attributed to a 5-year long novelty effect. The results of Stochastic Frontier Model analysis (n = 136) indicate playing in new stadiums does not significantly affect team production efficiency. The findings of this study further contribute to our understanding of direct stadium impact for fans along with furthering our evidence in relation to owner behavior after moving into a new facility.The results from a Tobit estimation found a novelty effect for five years of a new Canadian Football League (CFL) facility.The outcomes of a Stochastic Frontier Model analysis revealed that the recipient of new football fields does not affect the production efficiency of CFL teams.The present study contributes to the growing literature examining the novelty effects for new sports facilities that exists within sports leagues throughout the world.Different from previous studies in this area, the present research also seeks to understand any on-field performance impact that new facilities bring.

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  • Yinle Huang & Brian P. Soebbing, 2022. "The novelty effect and on-field team performance in new sports facilities: the case of the Canadian Football League," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 188-205, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:25:y:2022:i:1:p:188-205
    DOI: 10.1080/14413523.2021.1908763
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    1. Balogh, Renátó & Bácsné Bába, Éva, 2023. "Miért üresek a labdarúgó-stadionok lelátói? A sportfogyasztástól való tartózkodási skála adaptációja [Why are football stadiums empty? Adaptation of the Constraints on Sport Consumption Scale]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(6), pages 690-708.

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