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The Sports Franchise Game : Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Events, Stadiums, and Arenas / Kenneth L. Shropshire.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1995Description: 1 online resource (120 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812231212
  • 9780812209150
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.43796
LOC classification:
  • GV581 -- S57 1995eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Sports Franchise Game -- Chapter 2. Impact Studies and Other Quantitative Analyses: Inconclusive Conclusions -- Chapter 3. The Philadelphia v. Camden Story -- Chapter 4. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco -- Chapter 5. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part Z: Oakland -- Chapter 6. The Field-of-Dreams Approach: Baltimore and Indianapolis -- Chapter 7. Washington, D.C.: Longing for the Senators -- Chapter 8. Putting the Pursuit into Perspective: The Value of Sports -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Power, prestige, and millions of dollars-these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this 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. Shropshire portrays a complex web of motivations, negotiations, and public relations, and discusses examples from Philadelphia, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Sports Franchise Game -- Chapter 2. Impact Studies and Other Quantitative Analyses: Inconclusive Conclusions -- Chapter 3. The Philadelphia v. Camden Story -- Chapter 4. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part 1: San Francisco -- Chapter 5. Shifts in the Bay Area, Part Z: Oakland -- Chapter 6. The Field-of-Dreams Approach: Baltimore and Indianapolis -- Chapter 7. Washington, D.C.: Longing for the Senators -- Chapter 8. Putting the Pursuit into Perspective: The Value of Sports -- Notes -- Index

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Power, prestige, and millions of dollars-these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this 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. Shropshire portrays a complex web of motivations, negotiations, and public relations, and discusses examples from Philadelphia, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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