Estimation of Economic Value of Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Football Club for Isfahan

Sports clubs often generate some private and public goods, thus they are economically valuable for cities. The main objective of this study is to find economic value of Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan football club for city of Isfahan. Both the use and non-use values of this professional sport team are estimated using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The study is based on a survey conducted through interview and obtaining information from citizens with the sample size of 344. The results show that the average willingness to pay for the existence of Sepahan football club in the premier league competitions is 164800 Rials (United States Dollar = 42,000 Iranian Rial), for winning the premier league cup is 139700 Rials, for winning the knockouttournament cup is 117600 Rials, and for winning the AFC Champions League cup is 24480 Rials. Also the average willingness to pay for watching Sepahan matches in the stadium and watching the games from Television respectively are 44330 and 27730 Rials.