Status and reputation have become increasingly important to cities seeking to differentiate themselves in a competitive global marketplace; sports events, franchises, and infrastructure have become a critical means to contest this. This article takes a grounded theory approach and develops a series of propositions on the basis of a single case study, making several important contributions to the literature. Although others have argued for an affiliation effect, this study sheds new light on how the affiliation mechanism works by including both positive and negative affiliations. In doing so, we reveal how cities are actively managed, how sports facilities emerge as status signals on the policy agenda of entrepreneurial cities, and how notions of status are articulated and mobilized by managers.
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Signaling Status Through Stadiums: The Discourses of Comparison Within a Hierarchy
Daniel S. Mason, Marvin Washington, and Ernest A.N. Buist
Understanding Organizational and Public Perspectives on Stadium Redevelopment Through Social Media: A Case Study of Georgia State University’s “New” Stadium
Glynn M. McGehee, Armin A. Marquez, Beth A. Cianfrone, and Timothy Kellison
Stadium-construction projects are costly and affect the community—positively and negatively. At urban universities, these impacts extend beyond campuses into the broader community. Thus, athletic-department communication about the value of stadium projects to a diverse group of stakeholders becomes important. Following stakeholder theory, the purpose of the study was to investigate social-media messages disseminated by an urban university engaged in a stadium-redevelopment project (Georgia State University [GSU]) and the public response. A content analysis of Facebook and Twitter posts by GSU (N = 39) and the public response (N = 359) yielded 8 themes: a focus on athletics, a focus on university, informing about urban community development impact, explaining capital project funding source, maintaining the stadium legacy, promoting public–private partnerships, and understanding effects on transit. Findings support previous literature that organizational communication reflects organizational priorities.
Global Sports and Contemporary China (1st ed.)
Luke Mashburn
culture that continues to shape Chinese sports. Chapter 3 focuses on China’s preparations for hosting the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The Olympics advanced government surveillance and anti-terrorism capacities that impacted ethnic minority groups. Stadium construction honed China’s “stadium diplomacy
If You Rebuild It, Will They Come? The Impact of Renovated Sports Facilities on Total Revenue and Attendance
Brian P. Soebbing, Chad S. Seifried, and Patrick Tutka
eras of professional stadium construction ( Clapp & Hakes, 2005 ). Additional scholarship examined differences in the novelty effect between amateur/minor and major professional stadiums ( Gitter & Rhoads, 2014 ; Popp et al., 2018 ; Soebbing et al., 2016 ). For example, Gitter and Rhoads found that
Talking Baseball When There Is No Baseball: Reporters and Fans During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Alexander L. Curry and Tiara Good
in-stadium recollections, old ticket stubs from random games, favorite jerseys, etc.); speculation about what a return to baseball—if there would be a return at all—would look like; and there were practical concerns (e.g., ticket refunds, stadium construction, Tommy John surgeries, etc.). These
The Kraken Awakens: Exploring the Digital Launch of a New Sport Team Brand During a Global Pandemic
Cole G. Armstrong, Melissa Davies, Matthew Blaszka, and Ann Pegoraro
construction workers and a few key personnel into the stadium construction area, while the rest of the world learned about the brand entirely online. As part of this extended development time period, the Kraken were able to conduct extensive research to gather and pilot ideas around the team with invested fans
Measuring Externalities: The Imperative Next Step to Sustainability Assessment in Sport
Brian P. McCullough, Madeleine Orr, and Nicholas M. Watanabe
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On the Road With Minor League Baseball Externalities
Scott Tainsky, Brian M. Mills, Zainab Hans, and Kyunghee Lee
.A. ( 2013 ). Stadium construction and minor league baseball attendance . Contemporary Economic Policy, 32 ( 1 ), 144 – 154 . doi:10.1111/coep.2014.32.issue-1 10.1111/coep.12016 Goff , B. , Wilson , D.P. , Martin , W.C. , & Spurlock , B. ( 2015 ). Attendance effects of FBS transition and
Analogous Forecasting for Predicting Sport Innovation Diffusion: From Business Analytics to Natural Language Processing
Liz Wanless and Michael L. Naraine
technological innovation in a community sport organization . Journal of Sport Management, 26, 213 – 223 . https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.26.3.213 Hong , S. , Magnusen , M.J. , & Coates , D. ( 2019 ). Collaborative innovation in professional sport stadium construction: An event history analysis
The Blockchain Phenomenon: Conceptualizing Decentralized Networks and the Value Proposition to the Sport Industry
Michael L. Naraine
first half of 2018 alone ( Kildune, 2018 ). Indeed, there is clearly an appetite for ICO investment, and the capital yielded from using blockchain and the technology stack could be significant leverage in negotiations with local city councils for new-stadium construction, or enough for a fully
