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Book SynopsisThe result is that civic leaders tend to succumb to the blackmail tactics of professional sports, rather than developing and supporting sound economic policies.
Trade ReviewAs Euchner shows in persuasive detail, individual sports owners as well as the leagues in whose interests they ultimately act are in a position to control the terms of debate. -- Jonathan Yardley Washington Post Details how owners... have shamelessly played cities against one another to get sweetheart deals for their stadiums. Sports Illustrated. Chapters on the Colts and Orioles in Baltimore, the White Sox in Chicago, and the Raiders in Oakland and Los Angeles... describe the sweetheart deals and legal disputes that arise when a franchise even flirts with relocating. Chronicle Of Higher Education.
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Sports Politics: Teams, Local Identity, and Urban Development
Chapter 2. Sports As An Industry
Chapter 3. Local Political Economy and Sports
Chapter 4. Los Angeles: Raided and Raider
Chapter 5. Baltimore: City of Defensive Renaissance
Chapter 6. Chicago: Whither the White Sox?
Chapter 7. Sports and the Dependent City
Epilogue
Notes
Index
