Big-league sports boost Phoenix economy

<p>The Phoenix metro area boasts a team in all four big-league sports, making it one of only a dozen metropolitan areas that can make this claim. And, of course, ASU has a high-level athletic program that draws hundreds of thousands of fans every year. Taken together, the greater Phoenix area arguably has the most dynamic, year-round schedule of sports attractions in the nation. Participants in the first annual sports symposium hosted by the W. P. Carey School&rsquo;s Sports Business Association talked about the ways sports industry contributes to the economy.</p>