Public Dollars, Private Stadiums: The Battle Over Building Sports Stadiums

by Kevin J. Delaney

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813533430
• ISBN13: 9780813533438
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"