Bulls Markets
Chicago’s Basketball Business and the New Inequality
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- Review Quotes
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1 Bullish on Image: Basketball and the Promotion of Postindustrial Chicago
2 “Normally, Heroes Cost You Money”: Bulls Fans in the New Gilded Age
3 The Bulls as “Good Business”: The United Center and Redeveloping Chicago’s Near West Side
4 Anchor or Shipwreck? The United Center and Economic Development in West Haven
5 “Peanut Envy”: The United Center’s War against Sidewalk Vendors
6 “Nothing but Net Profits”: Public Dollars and Tax Policy at the United Center
Conclusion
Appendix A: Logistic Regression Analysis of 1993 General Social Survey Data
Appendix B: City of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois State Campaign Contributions by United Center Ownership and Executives, 1980–2016
Appendix C: United Center Property-Tax Savings
Appendix D: United Center Amusement-Tax Savings
Notes
Index
Illinois State Historical Society: Award for Superior Achievement
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Choice Magazine: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Awards
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North American Society for Sport History (NASSH): Sport History Monograph of the Year
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Economics and Business: Economics--Urban and Regional
Geography: Urban Geography
History: Urban History
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