Stadiums Do Little To Help Urban Growth

"While American cities have traditionally assumed sports facilities would trigger urban development, local governments are increasingly wary of such assumptions -- and of using public money on the basis of them.

The NFL is considering potential stadium sites in Anaheim, Carson, the Coliseum and the Rose Bowl. Anaheim wants to include a stadium on a 40-acre chunk of the Angel Stadium parking lot, within what the city dubs the "Platinum Triangle," an 820-acre site that would blend a baseball stadium, a football stadium and the Arrowhead Pond in what city planners call 'an urban environment of a scale never before seen in Orange County.'"

Thanks to Brenda Meyer