Changes in National-Level Locational Pattern of Professional Sports Franchises in the U.S. during 1950-2001 : Focusing on Four Major Sports Leagues

미국 프로스포츠 프랜차이즈의 입지패턴과 그 변화양상(1950-2001)

  • Pillsung Byun (Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona) ;
  • Ahn, Young-Jin (Department of Geography, Chonnam National University)
  • Published : 2002.12.01

Abstract

This study has the following two focuses to analyze the changes in national-level locational pattern of the U.S. professional sports franchises during 1950-2001. The first is to empirically clarify spatial orientation in the changing locational pattern of sports franchises. The second is to identify compared characteristics of the relocation cases reflecting the orientation to other cases, for the variables indicative of franchises' and leagues' pursuits of their relocation-related interests ultimately affecting franchises' relocations, by employing a legit model. As a result of the analyses, sports franchises and leagues, respectively have shown spatial orientation toward relocating to and toward locating new franchises in southern and western areas, responding to the changes in U.S. urbanization pattern. And, relocation cases reflecting the orientation have displayed a feature of the higher annual population growth rate in destination urban area than in origin area, in comparison to other cases.

이 글은 1950년에서 2001년 사이에 미국 프로스포츠 프랜차이즈의 입지패턴과 그 변화양상을 살펴본 것으로, 이를 위해 두 가지 분석을 행하였다. 첫째는 입지패턴의 변화에 있어 공간적 추세를 실증적으로 파악한 것이다. 둘째는 로짓모델(lent model)을 활용하여 다른 입지이전 사례와 비교함으로써, 입지이전 사례가 보여주는 주요 특성과 그 변인들을 파악한 것이다. 분석 결과를 보면. 기존 프랜차이즈와 리그가 미국의 도시화패턴의 변화에 대응하여 각각 남부와 서부 지역으로 이전하고, 그 지역에 신규 프랜차이즈를 입지시키는 공간적 경향이 나타나고 있다. 또한 이러한 공간적 추세를 반영하는 입지이전 사례들은, 그렇지 못한 사례들과 비교해서 입지이전 출발지에서보다 목적지에서 훨씬 더 높은 인구성장률을 보여주고 있다.

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