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Author:

Kohan, Rafi, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporation,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Stadiums--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Sports spectators--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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:

163149127X
9781631491276

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959875390

LCCN:

2017015161

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)