Very soon, the Philadelphia Phillies' home-sellout streak, currently at 232 games, will come upon three years. According to Joris Drayer of Temple's Sport Industry Research Center, demand tends to drop off when "…the novelty of a new stadium wears off … and this year we are seeing the Phillies players drop like flies" due to injuries," he said.

About half of Pennsylvania businesses that employ fewer than 50 pay for health insurance. Of those, 72 percent say they’re struggling to do it. Health economist Eric Keuffel of Temple's Fox School of Business understands the thinking of small business owners: "I'm not required to offer it and certainly employees value it, and it’s an important benefit, but maybe that’s the first thing that I cut back on."