TY - BOOK ID - 77898489 TI - Indy dreams and urban nightmares : speed merchants, spectacle, and the struggle over public space in the world-class city PY - 2002 SN - 1442670223 9781442670228 9780802036728 0802084982 0802036724 9780802084989 0802084982 PB - Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - City planning KW - Public spaces KW - Automobile racing KW - Sports and tourism KW - Urban economics KW - Community organization KW - Sports and tourist trade KW - Tourism and sports KW - Tourism KW - Auto racing KW - Motorsports KW - Racing KW - Sports car events KW - Public places KW - Social areas KW - Urban public spaces KW - Urban spaces KW - Cities and towns KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - CBOs (Community organization) KW - Community-based organizations KW - Community councils KW - Community life KW - Citizen participation. KW - Citizen participation KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77898489 AB - 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. ER -