Download or read book Stadium and the City written by John Bale and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the stadium a "prison", a "garden" or a "theatre" and do they contribute economically to the areas where they are built? This book explores the stadium as the principal container of the modern urban crowd as it draws on examples from Europe, North America and China.