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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Why don't European sports teams use relocation to get public money?
 
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radmonger
Jun 6, 2011

ChinaBob posted:

Long term lurker, first time poster.

I'm working on a research project regarding reducing the ability of American sports teams to have stadiums publicly financed.

I would like to compare the situation in the US with European Sports but am not very familiar with Futball (or Rugby). Can any Eurotrash European goons, or goons interested in European sports (soccer, rugby etc.), provide insight as to why European teams don't threaten relocation in order to get public money or actually relocate when the government doesn't fork over cash for a new arena?

Various secondary things, but probably fundamentally supply and demand. In the UK there are 92 teams in the top 4 leagues, and only 75 or so towns with a population of greater than 150,000. Even with the biggest cities supporting 3+ teams, the smallest ones left don't have the market there.

The only really sizable city without a football team, Milton Keynes (pop 250,000), did eventually, after much controversy, persuade a club to move in. Whereas there are a _lot_ of US cities around the 1/4 million size that have everything a resident might want except a major sports franchise.

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