TY  - JOUR
AU  - Whitson, David
A2  - Whitson, David
A2  - Macintosh, Donald
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - Calgary 1988
KW  - Finanzierung
KW  - Freizeitplanung
KW  - Freizeitzentrum
KW  - Kanada
KW  - Nutzungsmöglichkeit
KW  - Sportpolitik
KW  - Sportsoziologie
KW  - Sportstätte
KW  - Sportstättenbau
KW  - Sportstätteneffektivität
KW  - Sportstättenentwicklungsplanung
KW  - Sportveranstaltung
KW  - Sportveranstaltung, internationale
KW  - Sportverwaltung
KW  - Stadtplanung
KW  - Städtebau
KW  - Tourismus
LA  - eng
TI  - Becoming a world-class city : Hallmark events and sport franchises in the growth strategies of Western Canadian cities
TT  - Eine Stadt von Weltklasse werden : prägende Ereignisse und Sport-Franchising bei den Entwicklungsstrategien westkanadischer Städte
PY  - 1993
N2  - This paper examines the role that the pursuit of Hallmark events and of major league sports franchises has played in the growth strategies of Western Canadian cities. Literature on civic boosterism illustrates the vigorous competition that developed among regional elites to establish their own cities as perceived growth centers. These competitions are sharpened today by the contemporary mobility of capital, by medial/information networks that focus unprecedented attention on world-class events, and by the growth of event-related tourism. The predictions of the benefits investment in sports and tourism are typically optimistic, and gloss over significant differences of interest between local elites and others who are less likely to benefit.
SP  - S. 221-240
SN  - 0741-1235
JO  - Sociology of sport journal
IS  - 3
VL  - 10
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
ID  - PU199311068971
ER  -