TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiner,Jay
TI  - Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles
SN  - 9780816652990
AV  - GV716 -- .W43 2000eb 
U1  - 796/.06/8776579 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Professional sports -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
KW  - Sports franchises -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
KW  - Stadiums -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Time Line of Minnesota Stadiums -- Introduction -- 1. If You Build It: Minnesota's Quest to Become Major League -- 2. Something to Cheer For: The Met Welcomes the Vikings and the Twins -- 3. Where the Sun Don't Shine: Calvin and Max Move under the Teflon Sky -- 4. "I'm Only Human": Understanding Carl Pohlad -- 5. Off Target: Norm's Stars Go South along with Harv and Marv's Fortunes -- 6. I Gotta Get Me One of These: Carl's Edifice Complex -- 7. Falling in Love with the Deal: The Governor's Men Go to Bat for Carl -- 8. Spilling the Beans: The Twins' Crime of Omission -- 9. It Sure Looked Like a Loan: Carl's "Contribution" Hits the Fan -- 10. Holding Up the Indians: Arne Plays the Race Card -- 11. Leaving It to Beaver: The Special Session Fake Out -- 12. "Baseball Lives If You Push Green": The Public Calls Carl's Bluff -- 13. Resuscitating the Deal: Norm and Sharon Wrestle for Riverfront Baseball -- 14. Building a Public Trust: Striking a Fair Deal with Pro Sports -- Notes
N2  - 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
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