Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit

by Neil deMause and Joanna Cagan

Field of Schemes is a play-by-play account of how the drive for new sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for the sake of private profit. While the millionaires who own sports franchises have seen the value of their assets soar under this scheme, taxpayers, urban residents, and sports fans have all come out losers, forced to pay both higher taxes and higher ticket prices for seats that, thanks to the layers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803260164
• ISBN13: 9780803260160
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"