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The arena : inside the tailgating, ticket-scalping, mascot-racing, dubiously funded, and possibly haunted monuments of American sport / Rafi Kohan.

Title
The arena : inside the tailgating, ticket-scalping, mascot-racing, dubiously funded, and possibly haunted monuments of American sport / Rafi Kohan.
Author
Kohan, Rafi
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]

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Description
xi, 401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"The American sports stadium, for all its raucous glory, is an overlooked centerpiece--a veritable temple--of our national culture. A hallowed ground for communal worship, this is where history is made on grass, artificial turf, hardwood, and even ice; where nostalgia flows as freely as ten-dollar beers; where everything thrills, from exploding fireworks to grinning cheerleaders. In The Arena...intrepid sportswriter Rafi Kohan crisscrosses the country, journeying from one beloved monument to the next. As he finagles access to the unexpected corners and hidden corridors of our most frequented fields, he discovers just what makes them tick--and what keeps us coming back time and time again."--Jacket flap.
Subject
  • Stadiums > Social aspects > United States
  • Sports > Social aspects > United States
  • Sports spectators > United States
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / History
  • Sports > Social aspects
  • Sports spectators
  • Stadiums > Social aspects
  • SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Before we begin (or: Preface) -- Taking the oath (or: The old-timers) -- Super subsidize me (or: The newcomers) -- All the ticket men (or: Beyond these walls) -- "As far as the eye can see, toilets" (or: Straight to the dome) -- Ed Mangan's burden (or: Field of dreams) -- Extremely loud and incredibly gross (or: Fans behaving badly) -- Identity 101 (or: Col-lege!) -- The other side of the t-shirt cannon (or: Are you not entertained?) -- The secret life of stadiums (or: Let's get logistical) -- Sex. War. America. (or: For god and country) -- Ghost world (or: Life after sports).
ISBN
  • 9781631491276
  • 163149127X
LCCN
^^2017015161
OCLC
  • 959875390
  • SCSB-10988181
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library