Table of Contents

The stadium in the city - a modern story, by Niels Kayser Nielsen, Odense University, Denmark; sport, the stadium and metropolitan life, by Joseph Maguire, Loughborough University; the Cophagen Idraetsparken - from democratic institution to private enterprise, by Jim Toft, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; moving to suburbia - stadium relocation and modernization in Vienna, by Roman Horak, Institute for Cultural Studies, Vienna, Austria; the stadium, the city and the state - Beijing, by Susan Brownell, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA; growth politics, urban development and sports stadium construction in the United States - a case study, by Kimberley S. Schimmel, Miami University, Ohio, USA; Copenhagen's Parken - a sacred place?, by Per Jorgensen, Danish Institute for Sport and Physical Education, Copenhagen, Denmark; Toronto's SkyDome - the world's greatest entertainment centre, by Bruce Kidd, University of Toronto, Canada; scales and values in stadium development - a tale of two Ullevis, by Olof Moen; English football stadiums after Hillsborough, by John Williams, Leicester University; where sports and money meet - the economic geography of an ice hockey stadium, by Hans Aldskogius, Uppsala University, Sweden; stadiums, professional sports, and city economies - an analysis of the United States experience, by Robert A. Baade, Lake Forest College, Illinois, USA; the economic impact of stadium events - taking the spectator's point of view, by Tommy D. Andersson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; the stadium as a theatre - a metaphor for our times, by John Bale; stadium, pyramid, labyrinth - eye and body on the move, by Henning Eichbert, Institute for Research on Sport, Body and Culture, Slagelse, Denmark.