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Power play : professional hockey and the politics of urban development / Jay Scherer, David Mills, & Linda Sloan McCulloch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First electronic edition, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781772124941
  • 177212494X
  • 9781772124958
  • 1772124958
  • 9781772124965
  • 1772124966
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Power play.DDC classification:
  • 796.06/8712334 23
LOC classification:
  • GV418.R64 S34 2019
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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 Provided by publisher.
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"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 Provided by publisher.

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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.

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