Bibliograph

Power play, professional hockey and the politics of urban development, Jay Scherer, David Mills & Linda Sloan McCulloch

Type

Label

Power play, professional hockey and the politics of urban development, Jay Scherer, David Mills & Linda Sloan McCulloch

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Power play

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jay Scherer, David Mills & Linda Sloan McCulloch

Sub title

professional hockey and the politics of urban development

Summary

When the Rogers Place arena opened in downtown Edmonton in September 2016, no amount of buzz could drown out the rumors of manipulation, secret deals, and corporate greed undergirding the project. Working with documentary evidence and original interviews, the authors present an absorbing account of the machinations that got the arena and the adjacent Ice District built, with a price tag of more than $600 million. The arena deal, they argue, established a costly public financing precedent that people across North America should watch closely, as many cities consider building sports facilities for professional teams or international competitions. Their analysis brings clarity and nuance to a case shrouded in secrecy and understood by few besides political and business insiders. Power Play tells a dramatic story about clashing priorities where sports, money, and municipal power meet

Target audience

adult

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