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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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Autores principales: Bale, John (Autor, Contribuidor), Moen, Olf (Autor)
Otros Autores: Aldskogius, Hans (Contribuidor), Andersson, Tommy (Contribuidor), Baade, Robert (Contribuidor), Brownell, Susan (Contribuidor), Eichberg, Henning (Contribuidor), Horak, Roman (Contribuidor), Jorgensen, Per (Contribuidor), Kidd, Bruce (Contribuidor), Maguire, Joseph (Contribuidor), Moen, Olof (Contribuidor), Nielsen, Niels (Contribuidor), Schimmel, Kimberley (Contribuidor), Toft, Jim (Contribuidor), Williams, John (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Sports facilities.
Stadiums.
Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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