The Economic Impacts and Fiscal Costs and Benefits of the Proposed McKinney Soccer Stadium (open access)

The Economic Impacts and Fiscal Costs and Benefits of the Proposed McKinney Soccer Stadium

This report discusses the economic and fiscal impacts of building a soccer stadium in McKinney, Texas. The City of McKinney began negotiations with Major League Soccer (MLS) to build a 20,000-seat stadium to host the Dallas Burn Soccer Club. The following analysis, by the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research, examines the economic and fiscal impacts of building and operating such a stadium on the City of McKinney and assesses the fiscal costs and benefits if the City chooses to participate financially in the stadium's construction.
Date: January 2002
Creator: Clower, Terry L. & Weinstein, Bernard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of the DART LRT on Taxable Property Valuations and Transit Oriented Development (open access)

An Assessment of the DART LRT on Taxable Property Valuations and Transit Oriented Development

This report, by the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research, is an update on previous studies of the direct and indirect economic impacts of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. Two specific topics addressed in detail are how the proximity to an LRT station affected taxable property values and to what degree the DART rail is serving as a catalyst for transit-oriented development (TOD).
Date: September 2002
Creator: Weinstein, Bernard L. & Clower, Terry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library