Home team
Subtitle: professional sports and the American metropolis
By: Michael N. Danielson.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Sports and state -- United States; Sports -- United States -- Sociological aspects; Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
Description: "Most books that study professional sports concentrate on teams and leagues. In contrast, Home Team studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. It examines the relationships between the four major professional team sports - baseball, basketball, football, and hockey - and the cities that attach their names, their hearts, and their increasing amount of tax dollars to big league teams."--BOOK JACKET.

"Michael Danielson is particularly interested in the political aspects of the connections between professional sports teams and cities."--BOOK JACKET. "Home Team collects a vast amount of data, much of it difficult to find elsewhere, including information on the relocation of franchises, expansion teams, new leagues, stadium development, and the political influence of the rich cast of characters involved in the ongoing contests over where teams will play and who will pay."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-377) and index.