Kenneth L Shropshire

The Sports Franchise Game

Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Events, Stadiums, and Arenas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Power, prestige, and millions of dollars--these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this innovative book, sports attorney Kenneth Shropshire describes the franchise warfare that pits city against city in the fierce bidding competition to capture major league teams. Rigorous research, fascinating interviews with major players, stories behind the headlines, and an insider's perspective converge in this rare view of the business side of professional sports.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 160mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780812231212
• ISBN-10: 081223121X
• Artikelnr.: 21672196

Autorenporträt

Kenneth L. Shropshire is David Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative. He is the author of The Business of Sports Agents, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Foreword, by Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Sports Franchise Game
2. Impact Studies and Other Quantitative Analyses: Inconclusive Conclusions
3. The Philadelphia v. Camden Story
4. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco
5. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 2: Oakland
6. The Field-of-Dreams Approach: Baltimore and Indianapolis
7. Washington, D.C.: Longing for the Senators
8. Putting the Pursuit into Perspective: The Value of Sports
Notes
Index