Sports Franchise Game (eBook)

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

Kenneth L. Shropshire (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
120 Seiten
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-8122-0915-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Power, prestige, and millions of dollarsthese 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.

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.3.2013
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
• Schlagworte: business • Economics • Public Policy • urban studies
• ISBN-10: 0-8122-0915-X / 081220915X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-0915-0 / 9780812209150