Home Team Professional Sports and the American Metropolis

Name: Home Team Professional Sports and the American Metropolis
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ISBN: 9780691070643

ISBN-10: 0691070644

ISBN-13: 9780691070643

Edition: 1997 (Revised)

Authors: Michael N. Danielson

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Most books that study professional sports concentrate on teams and leagues. In contrast,Home Teamstudies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. It examines the relationships between the four major professional team sports--baseball, basketball, football, and hockey--and the cities that attach their names, their hearts, and their increasing amount of tax dollars to big league teams. From the names on their uniforms to the loyalties of their fans, teams are tied to the places in which they play. Nonetheless, teams, like other urban businesses, are affected by changes in their environments--like the flight of their customers to…

Book details

List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


List of Abbreviations


Preface



Places to Play



Urban Games



Market Tests



Private Businesses



Business Partners



Teams in Leagues



Big League Cities



Competing for Teams



Changing Places



Playing for Keeps



The Expanding Realm



Making the Cut



Back Door Play



Ballpark Figures



Newer, Bigger, Better



Political Players



Political Contests



Private Games and Public Stakes


Appendix: Places and Team Names


Notes


Note on Sources


Index