Power play : professional hockey and the politics of urban development /
Scherer, Jay, 1975-
Power play : professional hockey and the politics of urban development / Jay Scherer, David Mills, & Linda Sloan McCulloch. - First electronic edition, 2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Boosting Edmonton: Hockey and the Promotion of the City, 1894-1977 -- The Blue Line and the Bottom Line: Peter Pocklington, the EIGLP, and the Business of Hockey in Edmonton, 1977-2005 -- Preparing the Political Terrain -- Making the Team -- Power Plays -- Shut Out -- Show Me the Money -- End Game? -- The Beat Goes On -- Head Games -- Lobbying the Province, Slamming Northlands -- The Art of the Deal? -- Epilogue: The Oilers Get a New Arena, So the Flames Want One, Too.
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients.
"When the Rogers Place arena opened in downtown Edmonton in September 2016, no amount of buzz could drown out the rumours of manipulation, secret deals, and corporate greed undergirding the project. Working with documentary evidence and original interviews, the authors present an absorbing account of the machinations that got the arena and the adjacent Ice District built, with a price tag of more than
9781772124941 (EPUB) 177212494X 9781772124958 (Kindle) 1772124958 9781772124965 (PDF) 1772124966
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Arenas--Finance.--Alberta--Edmonton
Arenas--Economic aspects--Alberta--Edmonton.
City planning--Alberta--Edmonton.
Public-private sector cooperation--Alberta--Edmonton.
Salles omnisports--Finances.--Alberta--Edmonton
Salles omnisports--Aspect économique--Alberta--Edmonton.
Urbanisme--Alberta--Edmonton.
Partenariat public-privé--Alberta--Edmonton.
City planning.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Alberta--Edmonton.
Electronic books.
GV418.R64 / S34 2019
796.06/8712334
Power play : professional hockey and the politics of urban development / Jay Scherer, David Mills, & Linda Sloan McCulloch. - First electronic edition, 2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Boosting Edmonton: Hockey and the Promotion of the City, 1894-1977 -- The Blue Line and the Bottom Line: Peter Pocklington, the EIGLP, and the Business of Hockey in Edmonton, 1977-2005 -- Preparing the Political Terrain -- Making the Team -- Power Plays -- Shut Out -- Show Me the Money -- End Game? -- The Beat Goes On -- Head Games -- Lobbying the Province, Slamming Northlands -- The Art of the Deal? -- Epilogue: The Oilers Get a New Arena, So the Flames Want One, Too.
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients.
"When the Rogers Place arena opened in downtown Edmonton in September 2016, no amount of buzz could drown out the rumours of manipulation, secret deals, and corporate greed undergirding the project. Working with documentary evidence and original interviews, the authors present an absorbing account of the machinations that got the arena and the adjacent Ice District built, with a price tag of more than
9781772124941 (EPUB) 177212494X 9781772124958 (Kindle) 1772124958 9781772124965 (PDF) 1772124966
20190174749 can
Arenas--Finance.--Alberta--Edmonton
Arenas--Economic aspects--Alberta--Edmonton.
City planning--Alberta--Edmonton.
Public-private sector cooperation--Alberta--Edmonton.
Salles omnisports--Finances.--Alberta--Edmonton
Salles omnisports--Aspect économique--Alberta--Edmonton.
Urbanisme--Alberta--Edmonton.
Partenariat public-privé--Alberta--Edmonton.
City planning.
Public-private sector cooperation.
Alberta--Edmonton.
Electronic books.
GV418.R64 / S34 2019
796.06/8712334