Mega Events Fail to Deliver: World Cup Edition
Every few years, cities fall into the same trap. A major event—whether it’s the World Cup, the Olympics, or the...
The Super Bowl Is a Bad Bet for New Orleans
The Wall Street Journal reports that New Orleans is betting big on the Super Bowl, hoping the game will spark...
Did St. Louis City Improperly Collect the Payroll Expense Tax During the Pandemic?
Show-Me Institute analysts have written extensively about the St. Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes, but not quite as much...
Private Schools Aren’t What You Think They Are
Summer fading into fall and children heading back to school . . . it can mean only one thing: Football...
The Saint Louis City Earnings Tax: Lifeline or Noose?
On April 2, Show-Me Institute Fellow and Senior Writer Andrew B. Wilson gave a speech on the Earnings Tax to...
Rams Park: A Case Study of Professional-Sports Welfare in Saint Louis
As we discussed last week, Saint Louis may be forced to turn over a $19 million practice facility to the...
Jones Dome Headed for Demolition?
We’ve talked about the fate of the Edward Jones Dome many times on this blog. When the city was planning...
MLS Stadiums Dig Deep Into Public Coffers
Late last week, the MLS announced that it was beginning to search for a place to put a new soccer...
MLS to Saint Louis: On Whose Dime?
Last summer I found myself leaning against the railing on the balcony of Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire,...
Conventions, Saint Louis, and the Future of the Edward Jones Dome
During the drama over whether the Rams would move to Los Angeles or remain in Saint Louis, discussion of the...
Dodging the Stadium Bullet
Think of those times when you ignored your parents’ warnings about some behavior (smoking, staying out too late, etc.) because,...
Rams Move Exposes Broken Policymaking Process in Saint Louis
Think back to December, 2014, not long after the tragic events in Ferguson. Everyone had an opinion about what was...
Regional Leaders Should Keep Their Word over Stadium Plan
It’s official. The Rams are leaving Saint Louis. Residents might have disagreed over whether to spend public money on a...
On Rams Relocation, Saint Louis Media Is as Fickle as Stan Kroenke
We recently discussed how the Rams, and by extension the Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke, just slammed the Saint Louis metropolitan...
Deflate-gate in Saint Louis: Air goes out of a plan for a new subsidized football stadium
In stimulating tourism, trade, and economic growth, the Roman Coliseum may be the world’s only sports stadium that has repaid...
The Unfortunate Truths Behind Rams’ Relocation Statement
The Rams' statement on why they want to move to L.A. is self-serving, capped off with an incredibly cheesy quote from...
Riverfront Stadium Costs Change, Backers Push Ahead
We’ve covered the proposal to spend some $400 million in public dollars on a new stadium for Rams extensively on...
What I Saw at the Stadium Hearing
On Saturday, the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen’s Ways and Means Committee held a public comment session on the Near...
City Delusional Over Stadium Economic Benefits
A couple months ago, I was sitting in a movie theater watching Jurassic World. When life predictably “found a way,”...
Riverfront Stadium Deal May Be Worse for City than Dome Lease
After significant delay, Missouri and Saint Louis City residents finally have a proposal on how much the public will be...
