High Stakes : Big Time Sports and Downtown Development /

Unlike so many other cities around the country, Columbus citizens gave a firm "no" to the proposal that public money be used to build an arena to attract an expansion professional hockey team and a soccer stadium to keep a professional franchise. Yet, both structures are now a permanent pa...

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Main Author: Curry, Timothy J. (Timothy Jon), 1943-
Other Authors: Woldoff, Rachael, Schwirian, Kent P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sports facilities, public funding, and community conflict
  • The stadium game
  • Sports and the urban redevelopment game
  • Columbus: facts, image, games, and players
  • Issue 1: To build an arena and a stadium
  • From win-lose to win-win
  • Beyond the arena district: downtown Columbus (with Benjamin Cornwell)
  • Other cities, other games (with Benjamin Cornwell)
  • Appendix: The Ecology of Games Social Action Model (with Benjamin Cornwell).