Roger Noll, Standford Economist, has been studying arenas for a long time.
He cautions against football arenas which have too few events and supplemental uses.
Basketball arenas are more promising IF you can get 300 or so events a year.

For Norman, we need to consider a plan which would leave the city with 2 large arenas plus 2 fair grounds type facilities (county fair grounds and the proposed new expo center in the UNP North plan).

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