This volume takes readers inside the high-stakes game of public-private partnerships for major league sports facilities, explaining why some cities made better deals than others, assessing the best practices and common pitfalls in deal structuring and facility leases, as well as highlighting important differences across markets, leagues, facility types, public actors, subsidy delivery mechanisms, and urban development aspirations. It concludes with speculations about the next round of facility replacement amidst rapid changes in broadcast technology, shrinking domestic audiences, and the globalization of sport.

Colman seeks to analyze the present legal, structural, financial, and political underpinnings of those policy and functional areas of domestic government that seem to be the most critical nationally. He argues that the center of domestic governance is the United States in shifting significantly from Washington to state capitals, country courthouses, and city halls. He describes the emerging issues: the decline of the Federal domestic role especially in intergovernmental finance; the growth of public-private partnerships, including privatization; and the problem of helping the urban underclass out of poverty. ISBN 0-313-26206-3: $75.00.

A text for junior and senior undergraduates and postgraduates students in sport management, addressing theoretical foundations and applications of the profession. Covers innovative topics including experiential learning, organizational theory, and group decision making, as well as traditional aspects such as contract law, facility management, sponsorship, and budgeting. Learning aids include key terms, summaries, review questions, case studies, and exercises. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Topless bars, casino gambling, needle exchange programs for drug addicts—there's no question, morality issues remain front and center in urban politics. Presenting a systematic analysis of culture-war issues at the local level, Elaine Sharp shows how American cities deal with these ongoing concerns. Drawing on a sample of ten strategically chosen cities, she explains differences in how municipalities respond to controversies surrounding sex business, abortion clinics, legalized gambling, gay rights, and drug use. By analyzing the relative importance of subculture, economics, and institutional arrangements in the disputes, she points the way toward richer and more complete understanding of how different cities respond differently to these hot-button issues. Far more than a statistical study, Morality Politics in American Cities is a collection of fascinating stories of real people grappling with down-to-earth issues and real-life drama—richly informative case studies that will captivate students and interested citizens alike. Mayors, public health directors, activists, and others speak their minds about the pros and cons of these controversies. Here are officials in one city confronting the Vatican over funding for abortion services, those in another battling a local university over its refusal to provide health benefits to gay partners of faculty members, and still others mounting a massive, community-sponsored attack on topless clubs. These stories provide detailed evidence to support classifications needed for comparing cities' experience with each of the five morality issues. They also corroborate inferences drawn from the comparisons by showing what considerations were in play as local officials grappled with these issues. Overall, the study shows that cultural factors usually dominate policymaking in local politics—except when specific economic interests are at stake—and also observes that county-level governments are more important than previously thought in terms of morality-issue decisions. As provocative as it is informative, Morality Politics in American Cities demonstrates that such issues—same-sex marriage, for example—are multidimensional and often difficult to resolve. Its conclusions, however contingent, mark an important step in the ongoing process of understanding important differences in approaches to these issues and clearly show how moral conflicts continue to define American politics.

Designed to meet the standards established by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM), this book is intended to provide professional practitioners and students in sport management a book with comprehensive survey coverage of the many traditional and innovative aspects of financial management. The focus of this text is upon the basics of financial management including, but not limited to: diversification of revenue, acquisition of revenue resources, financial management, auditing, sponsorships, licensing, franchises, fund raising, and more. Different from most general finance texts, this book focuses on and uses many examples specific to the sports field. Plus, it has many practical examples and ideas for the practitioner to use. With this knowledge, readers will be able to take a proactive role in confronting the fiscal challenges faced by their organisation.

Since 1946, the Council on Recreation and Physical Activity Venue Design and Management have endorsed "Facility Design and Management". This 11th edition adds a number of new chapters including financial management, promotions, public relations, merchandising and ticket operations, programming, and event and risk management. The book will have the following online resources: Instructor's Guide and PowerPoint Presentation; 34 Additional Appendices; Author Biographies; Glossary of Terms; VersaChad Software Design Program with Custom Exercises.

In an era of unprecedented expansion, sport has become even more significant and pervasive in our society. Through this growth, a new breed of specialist has emerged -- the public assembly facility manager. Facility Management for Physical Activity, & Sport provides managers with a fundamental understanding of the concepts and issues facing today's professional.

Explores the notion that the push toward marketization is the central force restructuring the communications landscape. This book examines the consequences of this development for the constitution of public culture. It analyzes the core institutional processes of marketization.