Stadium games : fifty years of big league greed and bush league boondoggles / Jay Weiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiner, Jay, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional sports--Economic aspects--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Professional sports.

Stadiums--Economic aspects--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Stadiums.

Sports franchises--Economic aspects--Minnesota--Minneapolis.

Sports franchises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 503 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Stadium Games, veteran Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Jay Weiner analyzes Minnesota's fifty-year history with pro sports and the issues contributing to the bid for a new stadium for the Minnesota Twins, along the way providing a big-picture evaluation of national sports economics.

Contents:

If you build it : Minnesota's quest to become major league

Something to cheer for : the Met welcomes the Vikings and the Twins

Where the sun don't shine : Calvin and Max move under the teflon sky

I'm only human : understanding Carl Pohlad

Off target : Norm's stars go South along with Harv and Marv's fortunes

I gotta get me one of these : Carl's edifice complex

Falling in love with the deal : the governor's men go to bat for Carl

Spilling the beans : the Twins' crime of omission

It sure looked like a loan : Carl's "contribution" hits the fan

Holding up the Indians : Arne plays the race card

Leaving it to Beaver : the special session fake out

"Baseball lives if you push green" : the public calls Carl's bluff

Resuscitating the deal : Norm and Sharon wrestle for riverfront baseball

Building a public trust : striking a fair deal with pro sports.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8166-9071-5

0-8166-5299-6

OCLC:

232159920