The San Diego Zephrys are a new entry into the National Football League. San Diego County has an estimated population is 3,325,468 with a growth rate of 0.46% in the past year according to the most recent United States census data making it the 2nd largest county in California. The overall poverty rate for the city of San Diego is 13.33% mostly located in downtown housing areas. As such the city council has offered the owners of the Zephyrs a tax waiver to build the stadium downtown which would mean the demolition of lower socioeconomic housing located in the area as well as the relocation of those living in the housing. Additionally, the city council hopes that the presence of a new state-of-the-art stadium will rejuvenate business in the downtown area.
- Define and explain how the ideas of gentrification, eminent domain, and Machiavellian rationale apply in this scenario
- Define and explain how two of the following structural capital concepts: Glue principle, clustering, or principle of cumulative attraction may be used to rejuvenate business in the area
While San Diego is 130 miles from Los Angeles and 500 miles from San Francisco (representing two cities that have NFL teams), San Diego is most closely aligned with Tijuana, Mexico. Unfortunately, Tijuana’s reputation is not highly regarded in many circles. Thus, the citizens of San Diego may develop a higher level of self-perception due to the presence of an NFL team, the Zephrys using social capital. Using this information, answer the following statements: - Define social capital and explain two contributions of social capital to the San Diego due to the presence of the Zephrys.
- Define and explain two of the four alternative sources of spillover benefits that the city of San Diego may have due to the presence of the Zephrys.
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