Baseball & Softball, Building Types - Architecture, Urban Architecture & Design, Sports - General & Miscellaneous, Urban Studies, Infrastructure Policies
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Overview
Sport, including minor league baseball, is an object of public policy. Communities can exploit it to promote economic and social well-being, but not without risk. Drawing on case studies of fifteen locales including Fresno, Birmingham, Durham, Buffalo, Indianapolis, and Colorado Springs, Arthur Johnson systematically analyzes the political process by which communities decide to invest in stadiums for minor league baseball teams. He explores such factors as the presence or absence of a development strategy as a guide in decision making, and the value to a community of a minor league team and its stadium. Johnson also describes the dynamics of minor league baseball franchise relocation, the importance of intergovernmental relations to stadium financing, and the organization and business of minor league baseball, including its formal relationship with major league baseball.Book Details
Published
June 30, 1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pages
296
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780252065026