I am so excited to introduce you to Tony Ozegovich, who gratefully volunteered to give us his take on how the new Miami stadium will have an effect on our local economy. It all started with this photo in my weekly Miami Sunpost Column where Tony reached out to me and told me he had written a 16 page report that would offer the inside scoop and facts about how it all came to fruition.
I asked Tony to tell us more about himself and the paper – so here it is!
I am a 24 yr old self taught photographer, thanks to the help of many inspiring professionals from my surrounding area. I consider myself to be very creative, colorful, and professional in all aspects of my job. I will always have new ideas and creations for what I am looking to do. I love photography to the point where it is better than just a job, so making sure everyone has fun and comfortable while doing a shoot always is a priority. Also, I am a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a BPM. I love just Being outside in SFL weather taking in everything and then hitting the nightlife scene cutting loose. Being in Miami brings about color, culture, and a sense of style you feel nowhere else. This is what I strive to show in my photography and to have others desire; I love to be able to take part in many different cultures and the variety of events that take place here…it is an amazing experience to be out of your comfort zone of what you are used to feeling I think. Miami is such a unique place and all I want to do is show it off, all the while adding my creativity and imagination into where it fits
I did this paper as a project for my senior class, I chose to do this project because I am deeply in love with sports as well as government which was my major. It was best for this as the topic because of the ongoing situation with the economy at the time and the mistiming of this deal finishing apparently.. soo this was an easy choice for my topic, haha. I guess the main argument which is the title is, if that this new stadium will really affect the South Florida economy. I found that this is more of a quality of life choice in a way since studies show that new stadiums have significantly no positive outcome for cities generation of profit. It comes down to the decision of whether you would like the positive aspect of having the team here and what it might do for surrounding communities and what it brings to the people. Or if you choose to look at what would happen actually if the team did leave, how would South Florida be affected by that departure? There are many questions surrounding this whole argument and we can only speculate how this will actually turn out. I just wonder why there isn’t more of a better fan base for a team that has 2 world championships in such a small span of time, plus to add in that we have such a rich Hispanic population that does respect baseball so much; so why wouldn’t there be a better attendance for games?
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Here’s the Abstract of his paper – feel free to download the actual document and keep in mind that it’s a research paper by Tony Ozegovich © all rights reserved.
The purpose of this research paper is to bring attention to the situation that was increasingly expensive and evolving in Miami dealing with the new stadium being built for the Florida Marlins. People should care where their tax money is spent or if a huge project is occurring in their own city and have the right to be able to access multiple forms of information regarding that topic. The main overall question addressed was if this would have some overall effect on the South Florida economy. In this paper I weigh out the pros and cons of the argument. For instance, what does this new stadium do, how does affect the marketability of the team, or how many new jobs will this create? Also, referencing past literature, I point out cons in the form of that it actually has no real effect economically shown by numbers in studies or that people really just don’t know enough information. With using certain information I have recorded between interviews and research, I will take on the juggernaut of scientific evaluations of previous studies done on past stadiums and different cities and try to show you justification in the argument that this does help the economy. In conclusion, we will find that both sides weigh out and it really becomes a quality of life/ opinion matter to whoever may be discussing if building a new stadium will really effect the local economy….
