Public Dollars, Private Stadiums: The Battle over Building Sports Stadiums - Softcover

Delaney, Kevin J.; Eckstein, Rick

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9780813533438: Public Dollars, Private Stadiums: The Battle over Building Sports Stadiums
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ISBN 10: 0813533430 ISBN 13: 9780813533438
Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The authors provide an eye-opening account of recent battles over publicly financed stadiums in some of America’s largest cities. Their interviews with the key decision makers present a behind-the-scenes look at how and why powerful individuals and organizations foist these sports palaces on increasingly unreceptive communities.

 Delaney and Eckstein show that in the face of studies demonstrating that new sports facilities don’t live up to their promise of big money, proponents are using a new tactic to win public subsidies¾intangible “social” rewards, such as prestige and community cohesion. The authors find these to be empty promises as well, demonstrating that new stadiums may exacerbate, rather than erase, social problems in cities.

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About the Author

KEVIN J. DELANEY is associate professor of sociology at Temple University and author of Strategic Bankruptcy.

RICK ECKSTEIN is associate professor of sociology and assistant director of the Center for Peace and Justice Education at Villanova University, as well as the author of Nuclear Power and Social Power.

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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0813533430
ISBN 13 
9780813533438
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
248
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