The arena : inside the tailgating, ticket-scalping, mascot-racing, dubiously funded, and possibly haunted monuments of American sport /

The American sports stadium, for all its raucous glory, is an overlooked centerpiece, a veritable temple, of our national culture. A hallowed ground for communal worship, this is where history is made on grass, artificial turf, hardwood and even ice, where nostalgia flows as freely as ten-dollar bee...

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