| Edition |
First electronic edition, 2019. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization. CaOONL |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Arenas -- Alberta -- Edmonton -- Finance.
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Arenas. |
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Alberta -- Edmonton. |
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Finance. |
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Arenas -- Economic aspects -- Alberta -- Edmonton.
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Alberta. |
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City planning -- Alberta -- Edmonton.
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City planning. |
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Public-private sector cooperation -- Alberta -- Edmonton.
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Public-private sector cooperation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mills, David, 1952- author.
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McCulloch, Linda Sloan, 1960- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scherer, Jay, 1975- Power play. Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2019 1772124931 9781772124934 (OCoLC)1083229158 |
| ISBN |
9781772124941 (EPUB) |
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177212494X |
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9781772124958 (Kindle) |
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1772124958 |
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9781772124965 (PDF) |
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1772124966 |
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9781772124934 |
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