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Riotous fan behavior, wild behind-the-scenes machinations, and madcap histories dominate in this unrivaled exploration of the modern American sports stadium. The American sports stadium, in all its raucous glory, is a shockingly overlooked centerpiece of our national culture. In this game-changing romp, intrepid sportswriter Rafi Kohan finagles access to our most beloved fields to find out just what makes them tick: from old-timer Wrigley, creakily adjusting to the twenty-first century, to the flashy new lights of Jerry's World in Dallas; from the uneasy return to enthusiasm at Penn State's Beaver Stadium to the roller-coaster economy of LeBron's Cleveland. Investigating quirky logistics and deeply ingrained traditions that encourage rowdy customs -- like scalper turf wars, window-shattering fighter-jet flyovers, and death-defying halftime acts -- Kohan debunks reductive truisms to expose the often punishing realities of building and maintaining these commercial cathedrals of sports worship.
About the Author
Rafi Kohan is a freelance writer and editor, and an amateur ivy groomer. Formerly, he served as deputy editor at the New York Observer and has written for GQ, Men's Journal, Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, ESPN.com, and more. He lives in New York City and deeply misses the old Yankee Stadium.
