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Downloadable articles and links about economic impacts, economic development effects and economic markets for Recreation and Tourism facilities and services. We provide this as a public service, so please contact us to suggest any additions or corrections.

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Funds and Games (Sports Stadium for the New Orleans Saints) Bureau of Governmental Research, with Richard Baade and Economic Development Research Group, 2005.

Integrating Tourism and Recreation Travel with Transportation Planning and Project Delivery Petraglia, Lisa and Glen Weisbrod (Economic Development Research Group) for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. 2004.

If you build it, will they come? (Stadiums) by Janet Ward, American City and County Magazine, Apr 1, 2002.

The Economic Impact of Expenditures by Travelers in Wisconsin Davidson-Peterson Associates for the Wisconsin Dept. of Tourism. 2001.

A Review of Impact Studies Related to Scenic Byway Designation by Lisa Petraglia and Glen Weisbrod, Economic Development Research Group, for the National Scenic Byways Resource Center, 2001.

A Tool-kit for Building a Scenic Byway Economic Impact Study Economic Development Research Group and PA Consulting Group, for the National Scenic Byways Resource Center, 2001.

Economic Impacts of Alternative Transportation Systems in National Parks and Other Federally Managed Lands Cambridge Systematics and Economic Development Research Group, for the Federal Highway Administration. 2000.

Economic Impacts of Tourism (Primer) Stynes, Daniel. Michigan State Univ. pdf file

Approaches to Estimating the Economic Impacts of Tourism Stynes, Daniel. Michigan State Univ. pdf file

Economic Impact of Convention and Conference Centers Spickard, Stephen E., Economic Research Associates. 1998.

Welland Canal Parkway and Trails –Economic Benefit Welland Canal Steering Committee, Niagara, ON. 1997.

Professional Sports as Catalysts for Metropolitan Economic Development Robert A. Baade, Journal of Urban Affairs 18, No. 1 (1996).

National Impacts of Recreation Visitor Spending US Army Corps of Engineers.1996. pdf file

Creating Economic Prosperity with Greenways Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, undated.

Economic Impacts of Recreation and Tourism Department of Park, Recreation, and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.

The Economic Impacts of Expenditures by Travelers in Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Tourism.

Economic Impact Concepts in Economic Impacts of Recreation and Tourism Michigan State University Stynes, Daniel, et al. undated. Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, Michigan State University.