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Playing the Field : Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them by Charles C. Euchner (1994, Trade Paperback)
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Playing the Field : Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them, Paperback by Euchner, Charles C., ISBN 080184973X, ISBN-13 9780801849732, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The result is that civic leaders tend to succumb to the blackmail tactics of professional sports, rather than developing and supporting sound economic policies.
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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10080184973X
ISBN-139780801849732
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038694520
Product Key Features
Book TitlePlaying the Field : Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1994
TopicAmerican Government / Local, Business Aspects, General, History, American Government / State
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Sports & Recreation
AuthorCharles C. Euchner
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width6 in
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ReviewsDetails how owners... have shamelessly played cities against one another to get sweetheart deals for their stadiums., "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., ""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."", As 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., "As 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, 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., "Details how owners... have shamelessly played cities against one another to get sweetheart deals for their stadiums."-- Sports Illustrated.
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal796.06873
Table Of ContentPreface 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
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisCan a sports franchise ''blackmail'' a city into getting what it wants-a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms-by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million tax-exempt bond to finance construction of luxury suites at Comiskey Park. The city council approved it. A few years later, when Comiskey Park was in need of renovation, the owners threatened to move the team to Florida unless a new stadium was built. A site was chosen near the old stadium, property condemned, residents evicted, and a new stadium built. ''We had to make threats,'' the owners said. ''If we didn't have the threat of moving, we wouldn't have gotten the deal.'' ''Sports is not a dominant industry in any city,'' writes Charles Euchner, ''yet it receives the kind of attention one might expect to be lavished on major producers and employers.'' In Playing the Field, Euchner looks at why sports attracts this kind of attention and what that says about the urban political process. Examining the relationships between Los Angeles and the Raiders, Baltimore and the Colts and the Orioles, and Chicago and the White Sox, Euchner argues that, in the absence of public standards for equitable arbitration between cities and teams, the sports industry has the ability to steer negotiations in a way that leaves cities vulnerable. According to Euchner, this greater leverage of sports franchises is due, at least in part, to their overall economic insignificance. Since the demands of a franchise do not directly affect many interest groups, opponents of stadium projects have difficulty developing coalitions to oppose them. The result is that civic leaders tend to succumb to the blackmail tactics of professional sports, rather than developing and supporting sound economic policies., Can a sports franchise ''blackmail'' a city into getting what it wants-a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms-by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million tax-exempt bond to finance construction of luxury suites at Comiskey Park. The city ......, Can a sports franchise "blackmail" a city into getting what it wants--a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms--by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million tax-exempt bond to finance construction of luxury suites at Comiskey Park. The city council approved it. A few years later, when Comiskey Park was in need of renovation, the owners threatened to move the team to Florida unless a new stadium was built. A site was chosen near the old stadium, property condemned, residents evicted, and a new stadium built. "We had to make threats," the owners said. "If we didn't have the threat of moving, we wouldn't have gotten the deal." "Sports is not a dominant industry in any city," writes Charles Euchner, "yet it receives the kind of attention one might expect to be lavished on major producers and employers." In Playing the Field , Euchner looks at why sports attracts this kind of attention and what that says about the urban political process. Examining the relationships between Los Angeles and the Raiders, Baltimore and the Colts and the Orioles, and Chicago and the White Sox, Euchner argues that, in the absence of public standards for equitable arbitration between cities and teams, the sports industry has the ability to steer negotiations in a way that leaves cities vulnerable. According to Euchner, this greater leverage of sports franchises is due, at least in part, to their overall economic insignificance. Since the demands of a franchise do not directly affect many interest groups, opponents of stadium projects have difficulty developing coalitions to oppose them. The result is that civic leaders tend to succumb to the blackmail tactics of professional sports, rather than developing and supporting sound economic policies.
LC Classification NumberGV706.35.E93 1994
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