Financial Fair Play and the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (in press)
Financial Fair Play and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Journal of Global Sport Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2022.2032258
This article examines four major Financial Fair Play (FFP) cases that have come before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Although significant previous work has address...
International sporting mega-events and conditionality
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021)
International sporting mega-events and conditionality. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13(3), 461-477. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2021.1905034
This article examines host contracts for international sporting mega-events as a forum for conditionality in developing world infrastructure projects, with a focus on the Rio ...
Mega-Events and Rapid Transit: Evaluating the Canada Line 10 Years After Vancouver 2010
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021)
Mega-Events and Rapid Transit: Evaluating the Canada Line 10 Years After Vancouver 2010. Public Works Management and Policy, 26(3), 220-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087724x211003099
This article examines the Canada Line rapid rail transit project in Vancouver, British Columbia, a decade after its completion and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games for which it w...
Mega-projects and mega-events: evaluating Vancouver 2010 stadium and convention infrastructure
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2021)
Mega-projects and mega-events: evaluating Vancouver 2010 stadium and convention infrastructure. Journal of Sport and Tourism, 25(3), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14775085.2021.1881590
This paper evaluates two infrastructure mega-projects connected to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver’s downtown peninsula: the renovation of BC Place Stadium and the Vanco...
Tax increment financing and major league venues
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2020)
Tax increment financing and major league venues. Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal, 10(4), 495-517. https://doi.org/10.1108/sbm-09-2019-0076
Purpose
This article intends to shine a light on venue-related tax increment financing (TIF) through the first comprehensive inventory of its use at the major league level.
D...
Getting STIF[ed]: Louisville’s Yum! Center, Sales-Tax Increment Financing, and Megaproject Underperformance
Journal Article
Sroka, R. (2020)
Getting STIF[ed]: Louisville’s Yum! Center, Sales-Tax Increment Financing, and Megaproject Underperformance. Urban Affairs Review, 56(5), 1553-1580. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087419830527
This article evaluates the revenue performance failings of the Yum! Center, a sports arena in Louisville, with the primary objective of explaining how a flawed deal arose in t...