#343: Super Bowl Economics




Planet Money show

Summary: <div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 8px;"> <p><br>This is what it's like to host the Super Bowl: For one weekend, your city is the focus of the sporting universe. Fans flock in droves. They eat at your restaurants and sleep in your hotels. They buy the "I ♥ [your city]" t-shirts. </p> <p></p> <p>The NFL estimates that hosting the country's premier sporting event will give the local economy a $300-400 million jolt.</p> <p></p> <p>Economist Victor Matheson doesn't buy it..</p> <p></p> <p>In today's podcast, Matheson, a professor at the College of Holy Cross, presents the case against hosting the Super Bowl.</p> <p></p> </div><p></p>