Profiles of American / Canadian Sports Stadiums and Arenas

This book profiles histories of stadiums and arenas in America and Canada. How they came about and how they became known. Great performances, upsets, anecdotes, pageantry and traditions, all factors that glorifies these venues. Pageantry - Chief Osceloa intimidates Florida State Seminoles foes with flaming spear. Great performances - Don Larson's perfect no hit World Series conquest and UCLA's seven straight national basketball titles. Upsets - Jets downing Baltimore in Super Bowl III. Anecdotes - wrong-way run in football, sex as the main attraction and slinging octopus onto the rink. Statistics on 355 venues, 109 stories and 86 photographs makeup the book.

Author: Gene W. Knupke
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: 03/13/2006
Pages: 516
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9781413498233

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