Hi Nick, and PAN colleagues,

There are several public sports arenas from before the public-private partnerships became the norm. My firsthand knowledge is from my Seattle public artist years.

In 1995 Washington State voters approved the establishment of a special government entity to develop a professional ball field for Seattle's Major League Baseball team. This led to Safeco Field, now T-Mobile Field, legally the 'Stadium Public Facilities District,' which is managed by the Seattle Public Facilities District. The history can be found at ballpark.org.

Seattle also sports Key Arena, a professional sports arena and home to the one-time Seattle Supersonics, in the Seattle Center, a entertainment district. When the pro team left, the public was stuck with the facility, which has seen repeated remodelling to attract new private business. Per Wikipedia: KeyArena was the first publicly financed arena in the area to be fully supported by earned income from the building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeyArena

The City of Inglewood, CA is supporting the private development of a $5 billion professional sports stadium with several regulatory easements. No public dollars are being spent on the facility, just public policy.

Helen Lessick

HelenLessick.net

Los Angeles

On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 14:49, Nick Anderson <nick@codaworx.com> wrote:

Hi All,

We are working with a developer and city in Japan who want to set up a percent for art program for a sports stadium. They have asked if there are US stadiums that have a percent for art program. I know of several that have procured art through public-private partnerships, but I'm not sure about a percent for art program that sets aside a percent of budget or revenue towards art.

So, I thought I'd ask this group of public art professionals. Do any of you know of a program like this for stadiums, or have documentation that you could share on how other stadium's allocate budget for art?

Best,

Nick Anderson
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