Power play : professional hockey and the politics of urban development /

"When the Rogers Place arena opened in downtown Edmonton in September 2016, no amount of buzz could drown out the rumours of manipulation, secret deals, and corporate greed undergirding the project. Working with documentary evidence and original interviews, the authors present an absorbing acco...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Scherer, Jay, 1975- (Autor), Mills, David, 1952- (Autor), McCulloch, Linda Sloan, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2019.
Edición:First electronic edition, 2019.
Temas:
Arenas > Alberta > Edmonton > Finance.
Arenas > Economic aspects > Alberta > Edmonton.
City planning > Alberta > Edmonton.
Public-private sector cooperation > Alberta > Edmonton.
Salles omnisports > Alberta > Edmonton > Finances.
Salles omnisports > Aspect économique > Alberta > Edmonton.
Urbanisme > Alberta > Edmonton.
Partenariat public-privé > Alberta > Edmonton.
City planning.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Alberta > Edmonton.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Boosting Edmonton: Hockey and the Promotion of the City, 1894-1977
  • The Blue Line and the Bottom Line: Peter Pocklington, the EIGLP, and the Business of Hockey in Edmonton, 1977-2005
  • Preparing the Political Terrain
  • Making the Team
  • Power Plays
  • Shut Out
  • Show Me the Money
  • End Game?
  • The Beat Goes On
  • Head Games
  • Lobbying the Province, Slamming Northlands
  • The Art of the Deal?
  • Epilogue: The Oilers Get a New Arena, So the Flames Want One, Too.

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