Sports and Cities

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By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, September 17, 2003.
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Manchester citizens have great hopes that a sports stadium along with a new minor league baseball team will boost the city's sagging economy. But does sports revitalize a community? Some experts say no. We'll crunch the numbers. Laura's guests are Andrew Zimbalist, Professor of Economics at Smith College and author of several books on sports economics including "May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy", and Vin Sylvia, Deputy Managing Editor of Sports for the Union Leader.

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