Stadium Games : Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author. xiii, 503 pages. Hardcover, in fine condition, bound in green cloth, with a fine jacket. Jacket enclosed in a clear, archival-quality, removable protective cover. Item #1764
ISBN: 0816634343
An examination of business and political maneuvering for the building of professional sports stadiums in the Twin Cities, from construction of Metropolitan Stadium in the 1950s through attempts by the Twins and Vikings to have the Metrodome replaced. Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the title page, "To Bruce, / Let's take back pro / sports together! / Cheers, / Jay Weiner." Illustrate with a sixteen-page section of black-and-white photographs.
Price: $10.00