Convention Center Follies: Politics, Power, and Public Investment in American Cities

by Heywood T. Sanders

Book Overview

American cities have experienced a remarkable surge in convention center development over the last two decades, with exhibit hall space growing from 40 million square feet in 1990 to 70 million in 2011--an increase of almost 75 percent. Proponents of these projects promised new jobs, new private development, and new tax revenues. Yet even as cities from Boston and Orlando to Phoenix and Seattle have invested in more convention center space, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245776
• ISBN13: 9780812245776
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.5"