Changing Intra-Urban Location Patterns of Major League Sports Facilities

Professional Geographer

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-120

  Newsome, Tracy H ^a   Comer, Jonathan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downtown revitalization; Sports facilities

Indexed keywords

FACILITY LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; SPORT; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 0034092053     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00209     Document Type: Article

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