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02480aam a22003978a 4500 001 99B313606B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130910s2014 paua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2013036503 020 $a 0812245776 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780812245776 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)859252863 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $c PAU $d DLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d ERASA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d CLE $d MUU $d CDX $d VVC $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HT325 S26 2014 100 00 $a Sanders, Heywood T., $d 1948- 245 10 $a Convention center follies : $b politics, power, and public investment in American cities / $c Heywood T. Sanders. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c c2014. 300 $a xii, 514 p. : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a American business, politics, and society 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Building boom -- Paying for the box -- Promises and realities -- They will come... and spend -- Missing impact -- Chicago: bolstering the business district -- Atlanta: enhancing property values -- St. Louis: protection from erosion -- Conclusion: the cities business builds. 520 $a "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 650 0 $a City promotion $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Convention facilities $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Convention facilities $x Economic aspects $z United States $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Congresses and conventions $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Congresses and conventions $x Economic aspects $z United States $v Case studies. 830 0 $a American business, politics, and society. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826093806.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=99B313606B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search