Those wacky blogging economists have more to say about the economic impact of sports. Of interest, this comment:

In Oklahoma City, which is on the wooing rather than shooing end of the game, sensible commentary from Rod Fort and Rob Baade is given the usual treatment by local politicos. The pattern of the piece seems to be: get Rob or Rod to say something about what academic research has found on the impact question, and then have the president of the OKC Chamber of Commerce take a whack at it. The whacks may "sound good," but they are pretty lame whacks, especially this one, in response to the local substitution issue: "That's not true. They could have gone to Dallas that weekend and spent that money."

Ok then, I guess sports' economic impact is not important, except when it is. Then we'll obfuscate. Errr....***