Convention Center Follies
Subtitle: Politics, Power, and Public Investment in American Cities
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: Jun 16, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780812245776
Description: "American cities have experienced a remarkable surge in convention center development over the last two decades, with exhibit hall space growing from 40 million square feet in 1990 to 70 million in 2011--an increase of almost 75 percent. Proponents of these projects promised new jobs, new private development, and new tax revenues. Yet even as cities from Boston and Orlando to Phoenix and Seattle have invested in more convention center space, the return on that investment has proven limited and elusive. Why, then, do cities keep building them?"--Publishers website.
Notes: Source title: Convention Center Follies: Politics, Power, and Public Investment in American Cities (American Business, Politics, and Society)