B
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75%
75% -- share of americans watching live sports for US sports audience (2026)
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75%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
fastcompany.com
Primary
Tier C
https://www.fastcompany.com/91615036/taxpayer-funded-sports-stadiums-dont-pay-off ↗
Source Article
Why taxpayer-funded sports stadiums don’t pay off
Americans are crazy about sports. But whether that passion requires taxpayers to subsidize new facilities every time leagues and franchises ask for them needs rigorous scrutiny.
A lot of money is at stake. For 2025, the NFL reported some $14.5 billion in revenue, while the MLB collected an estima…
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fastcompany.com
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Cited by economists in Fast Company opinion piece; original study not named
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US sports audience: 75% share of americans watching live sports. Source: fastcompany.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/americans-watch-live-sports-75pct
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