The Stadium and the City / / John Bale, Olf Moen.
This well-illustrated book is the first to explore the stadium as the principal container of the modern urban crowd and a place where thousands of people gather to take part in what often appears to be modern 'religious' rituals. Is the stadium a prison, a garden or a theatre? Do new stadi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- Contributors
- 2. The Stadium in the City: A Modern Story
- 3. Sport, the Stadium and Metropolitan Life
- 4. The Copenhagen Idra:tsparken: From Democratic Institution to Private Enterprise
- 5. Moving to Suburbia: Stadium Relocation and Modernization in Vienna
- 6. The Stadium, the City and the State: Beijing
- 7. Growth Politics, Urban Development, and Sports Stadium Construction in the United States: A Case Study
- 8. Copenhagen's Parken: A Sacred Place?
- 9. Toronto's SkyDome: The World's Greatest Entertainment Centre
- 10. Scales and Values in Stadium Development: A Tale of Two Ullevis
- 11. English Football Stadiums after Hillsborough
- 12. Where Sports and Money Meet: The Economic Geography of an Ice Hockey Stadium
- 13. Stadiums, Professional Sports, and City Economies: An Analysis of the United States Experience
- 14. The Economic Impact of Stadium Events: Taking the Spectator's Point of View
- 15. The Stadium as Theatre: A Metaphor for our Times
- 16. Stadium, Pyramid, Labyrinth: Eye and Body on the Move