Seybold, PeterCoombs, Donald L.Modibo, Najja NwofiaKaufman-McKivigan, Jack2016-06-102016-06-102015-12-07https://hdl.handle.net/1805/9878http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/705Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)The Ideology of Stadium Construction seeks to define the application of community power in the process of building sports stadiums. Using data culled from a literature review, this project examines the recent construction of sports venues and the political, economic, and social ideas driving their proliferation. A three dimensional approach to applied power provides a theoretical tool to illustrate and analyze the blueprint of stadium construction. Taking a more broad view of the culture of business in the United States suggests the public funding of stadium construction arching towards Antonio Gramsci’s sense of hegemony. Beyond attempting to merely define the political process driving stadium construction as a significant social problem, this project introduces potential alternatives to the organizational method currently in place.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesPublic Financing of Stadium ConstructionCommunity PowerSports and Social ControlSports SociologySports Growth MachineSports and Social CohesionSports and HegemonySports and Eminent DomainSports and Community OwnershipProfessional Sports as Public UtilityStadiums -- Economic aspects -- Research -- United StatesStadiums -- Political aspects -- Research -- United StatesStadiums -- Finance -- Research -- United StatesSports -- Sociological aspectsApplied sociology -- Methodology -- AnalysisCommunity power -- Research -- AnalysisHegemony -- Sociological aspectsIdeology -- Research -- Political aspectsCity planning -- Research -- Sociological aspectsSports -- Social aspectsSports -- Public relationsSocial control -- ResearchThesis10.7912/C2FS3J