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Sports Franchise Relocation: Competitive Markets and Taxpayer Protection

Beisner, John
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Yale Law and Policy Review
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In 1958, Walter O'Malley moved his baseball team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. This franchise relocation affected professional sports leagues in two significant ways: it expanded the market for professional sports to cities on the west coast and altered the relationship between sports franchises and their communities. O'Malley moved his team not because of a lack of support from either the team's fans or the city-traditional justifications for franchise movement-but rather in hopes of higher financial returns.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/17370