Convention Center Follies : : Politics, Power, and Public Investment in American Cities / / Heywood T. Sanders.
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 deve...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Business, Politics, and Society
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (528 p.) :; 3 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I: The Race to Build
- Chapter 1. Building Boom
- Chapter 2. Paying for the Box
- Chapter 3. Promises and Realities
- Chapter 4. They Will Come...and Spend
- Chapter 5. Missing Impact
- Part II: From Economics to Politics
- Introduction
- Chapter 6. Chicago: Bolstering the Business District
- Chapter 7. Atlanta: Enhancing Property Values
- Chapter 8. St. Louis: Protection from Erosion
- Conclusion: The Cities Business Builds
- Note on Sources
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments