I like both sports and the arts (admittedly in that order) and have been on Boards in both. I’m a little dubious about the claim above that the arts generate more local revenue than sports because there aren’t too many orchestras or ballet companies that draw 2 million people a year to their concerts like Major League Baseball teams do. Does anyone seriously think that 25,000 people attending a ballgame have less peripheral economic impact on a community than 2,000 people attending the symphony?
You can find economic studies to fit your argument whether sports mean more money for local businesses because there are plenty on both sides of the argument…sort of like climate change. The bottom line is that, right or wrong, more people are interested in sports than the arts…reailty is what it is.
I like both sports and the arts (admittedly in that order) and have been on Boards in both. I’m a little dubious about the claim above that the arts generate more local revenue than sports because there aren’t too many orchestras or ballet companies that draw 2 million people a year to their concerts like Major League Baseball teams do. Does anyone seriously think that 25,000 people attending a ballgame have less peripheral economic impact on a community than 2,000 people attending the symphony?
You can find economic studies to fit your argument whether sports mean more money for local businesses because there are plenty on both sides of the argument…sort of like climate change. The bottom line is that, right or wrong, more people are interested in sports than the arts…reailty is what it is.