Thank you! This is the first specific example of a positive benefit I've found. Even anecdotal evidence gives a clue as to where to look for hard numbers.
It still sounds like a bad deal for this area, though, especially since Santa Clara doesn't really have much in the way of an "inner city" to benefit; the stadium will be dropped into an area currently dominated by business parks, hotels, the Santa Clara convention center, and the Great America theme park (which seems to change hands annually). In fact, it's slated for the land that the city currently leases TO Great America for parking overflow.
And again, I'm still not convinced that an inner city venue wouldn't benefit more from other forms of urban renewal, including, say, tax breaks or rent subsidies for downtown businesses.
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It still sounds like a bad deal for this area, though, especially since Santa Clara doesn't really have much in the way of an "inner city" to benefit; the stadium will be dropped into an area currently dominated by business parks, hotels, the Santa Clara convention center, and the Great America theme park (which seems to change hands annually). In fact, it's slated for the land that the city currently leases TO Great America for parking overflow.
And again, I'm still not convinced that an inner city venue wouldn't benefit more from other forms of urban renewal, including, say, tax breaks or rent subsidies for downtown businesses.