04282nam 2200769 450 991078053840332120230912160153.01-4426-7022-310.3138/9781442670228(CKB)2430000000001058(OCoLC)314201614(CaPaEBR)ebrary10226305(SSID)ssj0000376697(PQKBManifestationID)12102416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376697(PQKBWorkID)10334479(PQKB)10556882(CaBNvSL)thg00600338 (DE-B1597)464127(OCoLC)1013939139(OCoLC)944178523(DE-B1597)9781442670228(Au-PeEL)EBL4671131(CaPaEBR)ebr11256856(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104359(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/hr0tk8(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418238(MiAaPQ)EBC4671131(MiAaPQ)EBC3257905(EXLCZ)99243000000000105820160922h20022002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIndy dreams and urban nightmares speed merchants, spectacle, and the struggle over public space in the world-class city /Mark Douglas LowesToronto, [Canada] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2002.©20021 online resource (169 p.) Indy Dreams and Urban NightmaresBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-8498-2 0-8020-3672-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Spectacular Consumption Spaces""; ""2 Competing Visions""; ""3 Selling the Spectacle""; ""4 Resisting the Spectacle""; ""5 Spectacular Space and the Ideology of the 'World-Class' City""; ""APPENDIX: A NOTE ON METHOD""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Z""What role do sporting spectacles play in the making of a 'world-class' city?Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares reports on the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park. Arguing that such events are simply a matter of economic and cultural 'common sense', the civic boosters promoted the Indy spectacle as a means of gaining 'world-class' status for the city. Against this background, Lowes explores the complex relations among major league sport, urban landscape, and civic identity. He argues that the capacity to articulate a city's 'vision' for itself is an important manifestation of power and ideology, and a notable point of struggle in contemporary urban life. This encompasses much larger issues related to the struggle over urban public space and the legitimacy of a particular narrative of urban growth and civic identity - one that increasingly privileges the consumer over the citizen. Provocative and engaging, this study examines the impact of major sports events on urban centres, and shows how urban public culture is defined and shaped by competition for the right to conceptualize, control, and experience a city's public spaces. Automobile racingBritish ColumbiaVancouverCity planningBritish ColumbiaVancouverCitizen participationPublic spacesBritish ColumbiaVancouverSports and tourismBritish ColumbiaVancouverHastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.)Case studies.Electronic books. Automobile racingCity planningCitizen participation.Public spacesSports and tourism307.76/0971133Lowes Mark Douglas1969-1463778MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780538403321Indy dreams and urban nightmares3673212UNINA