New Sports Stadiums, Community Self-Esteem, and Community Collective Conscience  

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Eckstein, Rick ; Delaney, Kevin

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Sport and Social Issues vol. 26 no. 3 (Aug. 2002), page 235-247.
Fulltext: 235.pdf (107.78KB)

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Sports economists have created a sizable literature on the costs and benefits of publicly funded major-league sports stadiums. This research suggests a growing consensus that stadiums provide little economic advantage for local communities. In response, some stadium supporters have modified their tactics to increasingly avoid claims of tangible economic benefits. Instead, they insist that new stadiums offer communities more intangible social benefits. These alleged intangible benefits can take many specific forms but usually have something to do with a community’s self esteem or its collective conscience. This article draws on the authors’ primary research in 10 U.S. cities that are involved in different stages of new stadiumconstruction. The authors demonstrate how local elites socially construct ideas such as community self-esteem and community collective conscience to help them reap large amounts of public dollars for their private stadiums.

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